1John Coles to Thomas Jefferson, [received 7 December 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
As Treasurer of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle , it has become my duty to forward to each member a statement of his account with the Society . You perceive by the one above that you are indebted to the Society fifteen dollars, which if remitted by mail to H art’s S tore , A lbemarle , will be very certain to come safely to hand, or if it miscarries will be at the risk of the Society