31Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to you on the 2 nd inclosing $100 in small notes, and have since received your favor of the 3 d together with the blank sign’d —although, my not having received it in time to renew your note due in bank has caused me no inconvenience, it might have been otherwise, and to guard against my negligence in future, as well as accidents by the mail &c, I think it adviseable to adopt the plan...
32Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 22 nd with the two notes inclosed, and now send you as you request Two hundred and seventy five dollars in bank notes—With great respect I am RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esquire”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from Gibson. Recorded in SJL as a letter from Gibson & Jefferson received 31 Mar. 1814.
33Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 12 th Ins t and am happy to find that I have acted conformably to your wishes in holding up your flour, the repeal of the restrictive system brought into market a few purchasers at 5$, which I refused under an impression that it would in a short time be followed by an Armistice—this opinion altho generally prevalent has not tended to raise the price, for the...
34Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I received by the last mail your favor of the 28 th Ult o and Send you hereinclosed $150 in notes— there is no change in flour since I last wrote you, nor can we expect a rise until an armistice take place— RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esq re ”; endorsed by TJ as received 7 May 1814 and so recorded in SJL .
35Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 13 June 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not written you since the 4 th ult o when I forwarded you $150.— flour has been gradually declining and cannot without difficulty be sold at $4—I fear we have allowed the only favorable moment to escape, and regret extremely that I did not accept of the offer of 5$—60 d /. of which I inform’d you in mine of the 20 th April —should no change occur, so as to enable us to ship in the...
36Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I am favor’d with your two letters, of the 22 d ult o from Poplar Forest , and of the 1 st Ins t from Monticello upon receipt of the former I endeavour’d to make sale of your flour at 4$ but could not suc c eed—I am not certain that I could obtain even $3½ but think it probable, in the event of my not receiving instructions from you to the contrary I shall dispose of it for what it will bring—...
37Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 13 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have endeavour’d to procure the nail rod mention’d in your favor of the 2 nd but am sorry to inform you, that there is not a bundle to be obtaind in the City PS:—I inclose your Acco t Cur t to the 1 st Ins t balance due me $752.29 RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esq re
38Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 23 d Ins t and am sorry to inform you that owing to the present distressd state of the banks, no addition to your note can be obtained, indeed so far from their increasing their discounts, they have been reduced to the disagreeable necessity of curtailing the one 10 the other 15 p r C t for every 60 d /.—this has been the case with the Farmer’s bank for 4...
39Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 24 August 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Since writing to you on the 4 th Ins t I have received your several letters of the 7 th 15 th 16 th & 20 th —finding it impracticable either through the medium of our banks or of individuals to remit to the North, and not deeming it prudent to risk bank notes—I wrote to M r Dufief
40Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 30 September 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
A short absence from town prevented me from informing you sooner of the fate of your note renewed on the 9 th and which I enlarged to $3900—under the impression that the system of curtailing, which was then pursuing and which it was expected would be continued, must soon reduce it below the amount you required, this system however has been discontinued for the present, in consequence of the...
41Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 27 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Your note at bank falling due on the 11 th In t Prox o I take the liberty of enclosing you one for its renewal, and as I think it probable from your last letter, that you may still be in Bedford , I shall forward a Copy of this to that place under cover to M r sam l
42Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 23 November 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Randolph deliver’d me your favor of the 21 st inclosing M r John Harvie ’s note for $176.90, his agent Doctor Brockenbrough is not at present in town, I shall apply to him on his return when I have no doubt it will be paid In consequence of his absence and the great demand here for small notes I have only been able to pick up $45 in 1 & 2$ notes which you will receive inclosed— I shall...
43Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I presented to Doctor Brockenborough who return’d the day before yesterday, M r John Harvie ’s note enclosed in yours of the 21 st Ult o , he regrets that it was not sooner forwarded, as just before leaving town he remitted to M r Harvie , all the funds he had in his hands about £1000. he informs me that he is not certain of receiving any money on M r H
44Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 14 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you by last mail to which I beg leave to refer you and have now solely to inform you that I have received of M r Jacl Jacquelin Harvie the amount of his brother ’s note with $8.24 Interest say $185.14 at your credit— With great respect RC ( ViU: TJP-ER ); endorsed by TJ as received 16 Dec. 1814 and so recorded in SJL . RC
45Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 3 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
In consequence of a violent rheumatic attack in the right shoulder I have been unable sooner to reply to your favor of the 23 d — M r Hay who has obtaind the judgement ag t Philpot , has promised me that every step shall be taken to force him to the paym t of the debt— I have remitted M r Goodman
46James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson) to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you inclosed as directed in yours of the 31 st ult o $100, (25$ in 1 & 2$ notes & the Balance in 5$ notes) we I could not obtain any more Small notes as the Banks here are without them Patrick Gibson P. Js Ligon RC ( MHi ); in Ligon’s hand; endorsed by TJ as received 7 Jan. 1815 and so recorded in SJL
47Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 25 th ult o is received I should be much pleased to find your opinion to be correct, with regard to a rise in the price of flour in April, we know at present nothing of the markets in Europe on which to form a correct judgement, but my present impression is that they will not justify higher prices, and the quantity required in the West Indies (together with our own consumpt)...
48Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you inclosed $70 in the manner requested in your favor of the 22 nd Ins t — Our flour market has, as I apprehended declined considerably, sales cannot now be made at $6, nor do I think our northern, nor the European markets (if accounts received from thence be correct) would justify a higher price, letters from the Havanna mention the arrival there of a ship from France with 5000 bls:...
49Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you on the 28 th Ult o and have since received your favor of the 29 th inclosing an order on the Comm r of loans for $8580 payable in treasury notes, on application at the office I find that M r Nelson has none on hand, but expects a supply shortly—With regard to the taking up your note with them I have only to repeat what I mention’d in my last, that it is not possible to do so except...
50Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 6 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received from the loan office the amount of the order enclosed in your last say $8580 in treas y notes, which being all made out in your name I now send you enclosed—With great respect RC ( MHi ); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esq re ”; franked; endorsed by TJ as received 9 May 1815 and so recorded in SJL ; with TJ’s calculation on verso allocating the $8,580 as...
51Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
In the hurry of forwarding you the Treasury notes on Saturday last , I omitted sending you the small notes you had requested, which I now inclose— I have made sale of all the flour now down say 215 bls: Sf & 18 fine to Tarlton Saunders at 7$ on 60 d /– with interest added, as I am induced to believe I can get the note discounted you may consider the proceeds on hand— I have been endeavouring...
52Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 17 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 10 th Ins t inclosing $2940 in treasury notes, $2000 of which I shall hold subject to your order, as the balance together with the prds of your flour & Tobacco, will be sufficient to discharge the several sums mentioned in your letter of the 6 th —I send you annexed account sales of your flour & Tobacco n t prd s $2314.81 at your credit, nothing but the order...
53Enclosure: Account with Patrick Gibson for Thomas Jefferson’s Flour and Tobacco Sales, 17 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales of 257 Bbls flour made on a/c of Thomas Jefferson Esq r Dec r 1814 To Isaac White for Cash 24 Bbls Sup r fine At $96.— May 8 th 1815 〃 Tarlton Saunders
54Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last I have received your favors of the 6 th June & 1 st July , and shall pay due attention to any drafts you may make— I have remitted M r Benj: Jones $142.76 & M r John Vaughan $550 in a dft at 30 d/s , not having been able to procure one at sight—
55James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson) to Thomas Jefferson, 17 July 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq e To Patrick Gibson Dr To Cash p d for a Bale Cotton 232 lb at 22 Cents. $51. 4 dray e & toll Harry will deliver Mr Jefferson the above bale of Cotton— Mr Johnson was unloaded at the Locks & I thought it better to send it by the present opportunity than to wait his return Patrick Gibson
56Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 28 August 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 19 th advising sundry drafts on me, which shall be duly attended to— I send you inclosed a note for your signature to renew the one in bank due next month— Our flour market is declining rapidly the present price is 8$ for new wheat 8/.— Tobacco still keeps up notwithstanding the very discouraging accounts from Europe or rather from England , as prices on, the...
57Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 21 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
In conformity to your instructions of the 19 th Aug t I directed on the 28 th a letter to you at Poplar forest near Lynchburg of which the within is a Copy— I am disappointed at not receiving a reply to it as your note falls due tomorrow and your signature is wanting for a renewal— RC ( ViU: TJP-ER ); with Dupl of Gibson to TJ, 28 Aug. 1815
58Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 24 October 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 20 th Ins t . The note forwarded to me in yours of the 29 th Ult o was offer’d at bank on Friday last and rejected, in consequence of a determination which had been made to curtail—This circumstance however need not prevent your drawing as I shall, as heretofore substitute the inclosed note, in lieu of my own, which I can withdraw without inconvenience,— none...
59Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 22 December 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 12 th Ins t and shall attend to your draft in favor of A. Robertson In your letters of the 20 & 28 th Oct r you mention a boat load of flour having been sent off on your account on that head I have only to say that I have not yet received one barrel— about that time I sold at 9¼$, now it is offering at 8$, altho not by myself as I think it must be higher...
60John G. Robert (for Patrick Gibson) to Thomas Jefferson, 22 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you by Gilmer s boat a Cask Teneriffe Wine rec d of D r Fernandes through Fox & Richardson & have by your directions inclosed it in a rough cask to secure if it from the Watermen— The Gauger’s mark (as you will observe at the head of the cask) is twenty nine Gallons, one Gall out Maj