Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 3 November 1817
To Bernard Peyton
Monticello Nov. 3. 17.
Dear Sir
An abundant rain having given us a plentiful tide I wish to avail myself of it in bringing up a part of 7. tons of plaister which I ask the favor of you to procure & forward to me as often as Wm Johnson, shall call for it. he starts this evening. I will further request you to procure & send me by him 100. ℔ of good coffee, that is to say Bourbon if to be had, if not then Java or other Asiatic coffee. if there is neither at present I will wait till it comes. the W. India coffee is so often bad that I propose to abandon it. should the Bourbon or Java be in couffes or other packages not much under or over the 100 ℔ send the package without breaking it. the bill will be paid as usual by mr Gibson. I salute you with affectionate esteem & respect.
Th: Jefferson
PoC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of Hezekiah Niles to TJ, 2 Sept. 1817; at foot of text: “Capt Peyton”; endorsed by TJ.
couffes are woven sacks of varying size (L. Raymond Balthasard Maiseau, Annuaire du Commerce maritime [1833–34], vol. 2, pt. 2, sect. 10, p. xxxii; Pierre Larousse, ed., Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe Siècle [1866–90], 5:297).
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