101From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 5 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose you a power of attorney respecting mr Short’s canal shares to supply the place of the former one supposed to be mislaid. this will authorise you to recieve the money now paiable, and to act for him in every thing respecting his canal interest. the money is immediately to be transferred to this place to mr Barnes who is instructed to make a peculiar investment of it. I happen at...
102From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 28 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 23d. was recieved last night and I have this day desired mr Barnes to get a bushel and a half of clover seed for mr Craven to be forwarded to you from this place or Philadelphia without delay. although the 400. bushels of coal desired from you would last through the summer, yet I would rather recieve from you double that quantity than be obliged to buy here, where indeed it is not...
103From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 19 July 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 14th. is recieved. I find that mr Barnes has made some mistake about the stick chairs. he recieved and paid for half a dozen for me. they were painted of a very dark colour, & were in this style. perhaps, if you saw those forwarded to Colo. Cabell you will recollect whether they were in this form, and may judge whether they were mine. if not, then mr Barnes has not forwarded mine...
104From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 6 February 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I mentioned in a former letter that 3. tons of nail rod, too large for my use, would be brought down from Monticello, & desired you to hold it till I could get mr Roberts’s order to whom it should be delivered in Richmond to his use. he now authorises me to have it delivered to Joseph Anthony, merchant in Richmond. I will ask the favor of you to do this, if the rod is come down, & to send me...
105From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 20 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I gave a note last August or September to Craven Peyton for 558. D 14 c payable at your counting house some time this month. the session of Congress & the season occasioning accumulated demands on me, I wrote to ask him if the note was still in his own hands, to let it lie over according to his convenience, but whenever necessary for him, it should be paid. he writes me he had just sent it to...
106From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 8 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of Oct. 4. covering my account. in that I find either an error of account or of paiment which perhaps may require to be looked after immediately. in the close of 1802. & beginning of 1803. I gave several draughts on you in favor of Joseph Moran and on the 8th. Feb. of that year a closing one for 98 D = £29–8 then supposed to be the balance. I soon after...
107From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 8 November 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
As soon as mr Pollard will give a form for the power of attorney [I sh]all be glad to send you one on behalf of mr Short; as I wish his interest to be represented at the meetings. Mr Short owned 1000. as. of green sea land in Norfolk county granted [to] him by patent Dec. 10. 1784. it is but lately I know of this. having [written] to Colo. T. Newton to learn on what footing it stood as to the...
108From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 3 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Doctor Currie informs me he put into your hands all the papers in David Ross’s case which had been confided to him. I will pray you to send them on to me by [post?].—the money which was lodged with you for Borduron, will not be called for he having been paid through another channel. it will stand therefore to my general credit, and what you recieved for mr Short I shall exchange with mr Barnes...
109From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 17 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I this moment recieve your favor on the subject of my bonds , [the] possession of mr Hanson, and now inclose you an authority to recieve them, of which I notify him by this post . I am Dear Sir Your’s affectionately PrC ( MHi ); faint; letterpressed at head of same sheet as TJ to Richard Hanson, 17 Apr.; at foot of sheet below Hanson letter: “Mr. George Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ in ink on...
110From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 8 March 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I this moment recieve your favor of the 1st. inst. & am alarmed at the account of my nailery being out of nailrod. I left them with a provision to last till late in April, but whether it had all got home, or was still at Richmond my memory does not tell me. a person happening to be with me when I opened your letter who tells me he was in mr Johnston’s warehouse the 1st. of Feb. & saw a...
111From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 19 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been able at length to find time to look into the [account between] mr Ross & myself and am perfectly satisfied with it’s correctness. but [I have] noted some errors (as I deem them) in mr Robertson’s mode of statement, which I have resubmitted to the correction of the arbitrators, & I deem them so [justifiable] as not to doubt their correction. this reduces the sum awarded from [a...
112From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 8 June 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Craven Peyton of Albemarle, to whom I owed a balance of 131.47 D has desired me to remit it to meet a paiment he has to make in Richmond. lest he should be in Richmond or on the road, I have thought it best not to send it to Albemarle, but to lodge it with you to be delivered to himself or his written order: and I give him notice by another letter this day sent to Albemarle that he may...
113From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 22 June 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. DuVal the executor of my deceased friend mr Wythe, informs me that he bequeathed to me his books, philosophical instruments & some other articles, which he is anxious should be immediately delivered, as the house was to be rented in a few days. I have taken the liberty to inform him that you will recieve those articles, & that you will be so good as to relieve him from all trouble &...
114From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 14 July 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 9th. is at hand. mr Randolph informs me he has sent you an order for the hogshead of tobo. but lest the inspection in my name should render his order insufficient I inclose you one from myself, to be used or not as you shall find necessary. [I also] observe that ‘you have not yet heard any thing of the order which I mentioned having sent you [by] mr Hopkins.’ This must relate...
115From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 12 September 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you in a former letter that I had drawn on you in favor of mr Short for 500. D. and in a subsequent one that he had returned the draught, preferring another arrangement. having occasion here for most of the money I had hoped the sheriffs would have furnished me & taken draughts on Richmond, but they collect so little, that unless they do better the ensuing week, I must risk bringing...
116From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 19 December 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I put under your cover a letter to Wm. Brown & co. inclosing a draught on you for 416. D. payable Feb. 14. this form of making the paiment was forced on me by a contract of mr Lilly’s who did not know the difference of effect, as to yourselves, between this and my simply giving my own note. however the money shall be in your hands on the 9th. of February. I have sent the letter through you to...
117From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 25 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Having occasion to pay 1000. D. in Richmond on the 10th. of March ensuing I have drawn on you for that sum payable then to Craven Peyton, for which you shall be duly provided. mr Barnes will put the money into the mail here on the 8th. and you will consequently recieve it on the 9th. Two small boxes, not ready in time for Capt Sprogall, will follow by the first vessel to be forwarded to...
118From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 5 May 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a sum of three hundred and fifty dollars to meet an order drawn on you this day in favor of John Murchie agent for James & Robert Donald & co. for £ 15-14-1 with interest @ 5. p.c. from Nov. 25. 1772. and another sum of £ 15-17-10 with interest @ 5. p.c. from Apr. 1776. war interest excepted in both cases, and what remains to cover the balance of your last account rendered. Some...
119From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 5 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Yesterday arrived our packages sent up by the boats. I find that during my stay here we shall want another supply of a couple of [hogsh.] more of syrup of punch, which therefore it will be as well to get at [once and] forward when practicible as the boat-navigation is precarious. By yesterday’s post [I learnt] that mr Short arrived on the 28th. at Norfolk, & is to proceed via Baltimore to...
120Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 10 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
According to my letter of the 8 th I had yesterday given to mr Woods our sheriff an order on you for the amount of my taxes 69. D 67 C something less than I had expected. last night I recieved my quarterly account & found that in the estimate I had made of my funds in your hands I had lost sight of the 240.D. interest on my note. not immediately prepared to make a new provision for my taxes I...
121From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 16 March 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 10th. is recieved, and I have desired mr Barnes to credit mr Short 130. D. as recieved from you, and to place them to my account: so I must desire you to debit mr Barnes & credit me the same sum, to save the risk of actual remittance. it will serve to cover my current calls with you.—I must get the favor of you to send a hogshead of molasses for me to Monticello before the season...
122From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 6 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 4th. inst. is just now recd. stating a balance of 74.11 D in my favor. that I presume was soon called for by my two draughts in favor of our sheriffs.—I have now to request you to procure & send me, by the earliest vessel, a thousand bushels of coal of the best quality for the grate. mr. McCraw writes me on the subject of his prosecutions for mr Mazzei that he thinks he may...
123From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 6 July 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho mr Taylor’s conduct did certainly induce me to believe that he was willing to hold property which he knew was not his own, if the law could not force him from it, & that therefore he would be a litigious tenant, yet I shall leave to yourself, who know him so much better, to continue him as tenant or not at your pleasure, revoking the absolute exclusion which I had prescribed as to him. I...
124Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 12 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
It becomes necessary for me to establish a correspondence somewhere for the supply of my groceries, that is to say, of sugar, coffee & tea and salted fish and I believe Richmond will be more convenient than Baltimore , Philadelphia , & New York , if to be had there on nearly equal terms. but as I know nobody there I must ask the favor of you to select the most eligible correspondent there for...
125From Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 6 June 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 1. is recieved, and the sale of the tobacco as therein mentioned is approved. the terms of 3. 4. and 5. months being long, might they not be reduced to 1. 2 & 3. by taking notes from the purchasers negociable at the Richmond bank? this would of course make to us the difference of the discount, which would be of little consideration: but it must depend on the form of the...
126From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 6 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a treasury draught on Colo. Carrington [for] fifteen hundred dollars to meet mr Eppes’s draughts on you [for] 800. D. payable to Dr Shore the 12th. and 500. D payable to mr [Haxhall] on the 16th. inst. the surplus to go towards covering your advances [for] the hams &c . I have furnished you lately too sparingly with cash. the fact is that my Outfit has been so very heavy that [it...
127From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 5 September 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 4th. of Aug. I drew on you in favor of Rhodes for 168.82 D. this by my statement would be somewhat over the funds I had in your hands, besides which you have paid articles of freight, drayage &c of which I have no account. I now inclose you a draught on John Barnes at George town for 200. D. tho’ it must be presented to him there, yet it is payable at the bank of the US. in...
128From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 12 August 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 22d. of June I sent by the Schooner Betsy Barrett, from Washington to Richmond 11. packages marked TI. and numbered from 1. to 11. and on the 21st. of July I sent by Capt Foyles from Washington to Richmond 7. packages marked & numbered from 1. to 7. and 8. boxes containing castings of iron, & other castings not in boxes, with 30. demijohns. of the parcel of June 22. I found No. 11....
129From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 14 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
On the day of your departure we recieved the packages of our groceries, towit from 1. to 7. and from 9. to 12. No. 8. is wanting being a barrel containing 15. loaves of sugar & 60. ℔ of coffee. the receipt given by the boatman expresses only 11. packages, which he delivered. I presume therefore the other one is still with you or has been delivered to some other boatman. it may be forwarded...
130Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 22 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Our last account left me some thirty odd Dollars in your debt. I now inclose you one hundred Dollars to cover it. I wrote some little time ago to Mess rs Gordon & Trokes for a supply of groceries & took the liberty of referring them to you as to the most trust-worthy boatmen, mr Randolph ’s boats not being likely to go down soon. a number of others having gone down with the late swell of the...
131From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 4 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 24th. is recieved. I this afternoon recieved a letter from mr Randolph informing me you had been so kind as to step in between him & the agent of Leroy & Bayard, & by advancing the sum necessary, to prevent the sale of his land: and he wishes me to do what I can to prevent inconvenience to you till his tobacco instalments can come in. knowing nothing of the amount of the sum...
132From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 15 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I put the inclosed under cover to you, because I fear a former letter of the same tenor to mr Oldham may have miscarried: and I leave it open, because he may possibly be engaged somewhere at a distance from Richmond, in which case I would ask the favor of you to have the mahogany procured for me by somebody else, & forwarded to Monticello, where they are now in want of it. I salute you with...
133Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 15 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you the note signed, and filled up with the former sum supposing it not best not to change it till the next renewal, by which time mr Harrison’s note for the tob o will be in hand and due. Griffin wrote me on the 5 th that he had then delivered 24. hhds to mr Harrison , and that 6. more were ready & would be opened in a few days, when
134From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 22 January 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved your favor of the 8th. instant announcing the misfortune of the vessel having my nail rod on board. my situation rendering it impossible to take the proper steps, I must beg the favor of you to act for me in the business, and to get the nailrod brought to Richmond & forwarded up. in the mean time, as I know my nailery will be out of rod, I will send on some from hence the moment the...
135From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 7 November 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 3d. are recieved. if 5½ D can be got for my tobo. in Richmond I would have you sell it at once, unless you see that the market is rising. credit to be given to the 1st. day of deposit. I inclose you the Manifests for the 21. hhds from Poplar Forest. whether you have before recieved those for the 9. hhds made here, or whether they have never been taken out, I am unable to say at...
136From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 17 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
By a letter recieved this day I find that Mr. John Watson has recieved in Albemarle 100. D. in part of the 285. D. which I had desired you to pay him. consequently you will have had to pay him 185. D. only. as this difference will probably, with the 679.84 D exchanged with mr Short, cover your [loss in part] for me to Bell on the draught of mr Eppes , & [such other] draughts as have been made....
137From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 7 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I was in the act of beginning this letter when I recieved your’s of the 2d. inst. covering your account, balance in my favor £19.17.6. not having time at this moment even to cast an eye over it, I proceed to my object of inclosing you fifteen hundred dollars, in bank bills, to wit 14. of 100. D. each, 1. of 50. 1. of 20. & 3. of 10. D. each. these, for greater security, I have cut in two, and...
138From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 9 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Not having yet learned from you that my tobo. is sold, I must pray you to sell, as well as you can, as much of it as will discharge my note to Craven Peyton for thirteen hundred dollars payable at your office the [thirteenth next]. I leave to yourself to consider whether it is best to sell the residue now, or to wait as the market I understand is getting better & cannot fail to do so on...
139From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 31 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
You have done perfectly right in sending mr Mifflin’s acct. here. his former one was paid here from whence the order went, & why he should have sent the 2d. elsewhere is unaccountable, but has the sheet iron been recieved? it is charged as 2. boxes shipped in the schooner Independance, Wm. Poole, Aug. 7. 1805 he never sent me a bill of lading, letter, or any other information. the acct. you...
140Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 1 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 21 st & 24 th are recieved. the amount of my crop of tob o is much less than I expected. Griffin is a good overseer, but has the fault of never writing to me ; so that I never learn the amount of my crop of tob o till it gets to your hands. he had informed me that the frost had been very fatal to his tob o & as I supposed from his expression, had killed about one third. I now find...
141From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 15 June 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
My last to you was of the 20th. of May, since which I have recieved yours of May 23. and 28. and June 1. I am entirely satisfied with the sale to mr Hooper; the chance run, being one of those necessary to meet in the ordinary course of business. as this sale was made to meet two paiments of 1000. Doll. each to mr Wickam and mr James Lyle which were in fact stipulated for earlier days, I am...
142From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, [12] February 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 5th. is this moment come to hand. I learn from home that 69. faggots of rod were sent from thence. I hope they will be safely delivered to you, as it would be very inconvenient to me to advance cash in lieu of them. I have written 4. different letters to mr Eppes & my daughter , by post to Petersburg, and not one has been recieved. I therefore take the liberty of inclosing one...
143Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 16 October 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I now dispatch a cart for the two ewes you have been so kind as to select for me, and I will thank you for a line designating which is the Paular and which of the Aquirrez breed. the bearer James takes with him provisions for them on their journey. I should be glad he could be dispatched immediately. he will be a safe hand to bring the box of silver goblets. when shall we see you? P.S. I think...
144From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 21 April 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a bill of lading for a pair of 6. feet Millstones, weight 6000.℔ which were to leave Alexandria on the 19th. the person who made them told me he had bargained for their freight at 20. Dollars before the Capt. saw them, & that when he saw them he protested against them, & was only prevailed on to take them by an assurance that it should be referred to me to give him more, and he...
145From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 12 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Messrs. Jones and Howell have forwarded to you for me [190.] bundles of nail rod and 8. do. of hoop iron: & messrs. Smith & Buchanan of Baltimore are desired to send to your address two half pipes of wine recieved for me from Lisbon. the former be so good as to forward to Monticello by any early water conveyance; but the wine I would wish to be [trusted?] but to the most trustworthy of the...
146From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 16 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
By a vessel sailing this day for Norfolk mr Barnes sends 16. packages of groceries &c addressed to mr Taylor, to be sent on to you. these being for use while I shall be at Monticello I must pray you to forward them by the first boat, as they will, with good luck, only arrive in time for me. accept assurances of my affectionate esteem PrC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Mr. George Jefferson”;...
147From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 1 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I suppose we may by this time conclude that my tobacco will not fetch 7. Dollars: and foreseeing no circumstance likely to raise the price soon, I propose that you should sell it for 40/ for any credit not exceeding 90. days. indeed the shorter the term of paiment you may be able to obtain, the more convenient to me, as I have calls which would render it a sensible accomodation. Accept...
148Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 11 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 8 th came to hand last night. I had not before heard of your appointment to Lisbon , but sincerely congratulate you on it. it is one of three of the most lucrative consulships of the US. and the most agreeable of the three. it will suit you the better as the our language is so familiarly spoken there. I am really sorry for the circumstances which embarras your acceptance, but they...
149From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 31 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 2d. of Sep. messrs. Jones & Howell sent from Philadelphia for me some sheet iron, & some round & square bars of iron. they were for a particular piece of work, and mr Dinsmore writes me they can go on no longer for want of them. for fear they may have been overlooked in your warehouse, I take the liberty of asking that they may be forwarded by the first boats if not gone. Dinsmore also...
150From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 20 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
According to former assurances I now inclose you four hundred and seventy dollars in Pennsylvania bank bills, which with the two sums of 1000. and 400. before sent , make up the sum of 1870. D. being as near as we could come to the 1868.79 advanced by your friendship for mr Randolph, and which this is to replace. your favor of the 11th. was recieved yesterday. I am properly sensible of the...