Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 3 June 1822
From Bernard Peyton
Richd 3 June 1822
Dear sir,
I am just favor’d with yours of the 25th curt, & am pleased to be able to say, that I recd on friday last the money expected from the Literary fund—$3,000 of which is at your credit— I have this day pd your dft: favor A. Robinson for $150—
The coffee you write for shall be forwarded tomorrow, & send to=day, by Woods Boat, a small bundle for you, from Philada, which I wish safe to hand—he will probably leave it with Vest at Milton—
Jefferson is here, his Tobacco will be sold tomorrow, I hope at a long price—say $5 @ 12 general sales—I hope yours from Bedford will turn out better than last year—I will do the best possible with it— in haste
B. Peyton
RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 9 June 1822 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 27 June 1822, on verso; addressed: “Mr Thomas Jefferson Monticello Charlottesville”; franked; postmarked Richmond, 3 June.
a. robinson: Archibald Robertson. jefferson was Thomas Jefferson Randolph.
Index Entries
- boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
- coffee; TJ purchases search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loan from T. J. Randolph search
- Literary Fund; and loan to T. J. Randolph search
- Peyton, Bernard; and goods for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and T. J. Randolph’s loan from Va. Literary Fund search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s tobacco search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); tobacco grown at search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792–1875) (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); and loan from Va. Literary Fund search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792–1875) (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); loans TJ money search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792–1875) (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); sells tobacco search
- Richmond, Va.; boat carriage to and from search
- Richmond, Va.; tobacco prices at search
- Richmond, Va.; tobacco sold at search
- Robertson, Archibald; TJ pays search
- tobacco; grown at Poplar Forest search
- tobacco; price of in Richmond search
- tobacco; sale of search
- Vest, Charles; and goods for TJ search
- Wood, Mr. (boatman) search