James Leitch to Thomas Jefferson, 19 March 1809
From James Leitch
Charlottesville Mar. 19th 1809
Sir,
By Mr Dinsmore I take the liberty of rendering you, your account. You will see from the memorandum annexed thereto the agreement between Mr Dinsmore & myself & afterwards Acceded to by Mr Bacon—
I should not at this time made Application but have been so much disappointed lately by Mr Bacon in the delivery of nails that I expected he did not find himself Obliged to let me have them. Should you think proper I am willing to receive the Ballance in nails if delivered in any short time; Or for any future dealings you may have as far as I can dispose of them
Jas Leitch
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 21 Mar. 1809 and so recorded in SJL.
James Leitch (d. 1826), a Charlottesville merchant, dealt extensively with TJ, who died owing him $2,807.40. Leitch was an original donor for the founding of Central College (now the University of Virginia) (Central College Donors and Founders to the University of Virginia Commissioners, [before 27 July 1818], Vi: Executive Papers; Albemarle County Court Order Book, 4 Dec. 1826, 1 Jan. 1827).
, 2:1253n, 1291; , 6:511; Leitch, Charlottesville store daybook, 1820–23, ViU;On 17 Apr. 1809 TJ settled his account with James Dinsmore and acknowledged a debt to him of $618.40. At some point Dinsmore assigned the note to Leitch. The account and memorandum, not found, evidently related to this transaction. TJ paid the note in 1813 ( , 2:1245, 1291).
Index Entries
- Bacon, Edmund; delivers nails search
- Central College; donors to search
- Dinsmore, James; accounts with TJ search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with J. Dinsmore search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with S. & J. Leitch search
- Leitch, James; account with TJ search
- Leitch, James; identified search
- Leitch, James; letters from search
- Leitch, James; trades nails for goods search
- nails; supplied to J. Leitch search