Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1821
From Bernard Peyton
Rich’d 9 April 1821
Dear Sir,
I have been duely favor’d with your two letters of the 3d & 6th: of this Inst:—the first covering blank notes for the renewal of yours at the two Banks, which were in full time—
On Friday last I recd your stone Ware & forwarded the Hh’d containing it immediately by Brice Harlow’s Boat for Milton, & hope it will reach you safely:—the maker represents the Ware as excellent, & informs me he put in several over the 50 ordered, as well as two handsome Water Pitchers, which he offers to you as a complement, charging nothing for them.
I forwarded on Wednesday last by Gilmore’s Boat a Box to your address received a few days before from Petersburg: and also send this day by a careful Waggoner, six Gross the best Velvet Corks I could find in the place, to be left with James Leitch Esqe Charlottesville—all of which I wish safe to hand.
Mr Johnson has just arrived with twenty one Barrels your Flour from shadwell Mills, which shall be sold as soon as possible after the snow & rain has ceased to fall, of which you shall be duely advised with ℀ sales: present price of super fine Flour $3.50.
Bernard Peyton
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 12 Apr. 1821 and so recorded in SJL.
TJ’s letter of the 6th: of this inst:, not found, is recorded in SJL with the additional notation: “for corks.”
Index Entries
- boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
- corks; velvet search
- flour; from Shadwell search
- flour; price of search
- flour; shipment of search
- Gilmore, Joseph; Milton boatman search
- Harlow, Brice; boats of search
- household articles; corks search
- household articles; pitchers search
- household articles; stoneware search
- Johnson, Mr. (boatman); transports goods search
- kale; pots for search
- Leitch, James; and packages for TJ search
- Milton, Va.; boats traveling to and from search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s bank notes search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s flour search
- Peyton, Bernard; forwards goods for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- pitchers search
- Richmond, Va.; boat carriage to and from search
- Shadwell mills; flour from search
- stoneware search
- weather; effect on shipping search