1Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 6 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to send me, before the closing of your river, 1. ton of nail rod , in which let there be a single bundle of half-crown rod, and the rest assorted for from 20 d down to 6 d nails also a quarter of a ton of toughest Swedish iron in bars from the size of a gigg axletree down to the small sizes, and one hundred weight of hoop iron for cut 4 d nails. I am told there is a patent auger for...
2Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 1 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your favor of the 15 th . you are right as to my omission of the supply of iron in 1810. I must explain this for my own justification. when I sat down to make a statement, by memory, of the paiments to which my produce now getting to market was to be applied, I noted your debt as about 600.D. which was the general impression of it on my mind. turning afterwards to our letters,...
3Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 3 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I believe our account stands thus. D 1809. May 2. due of course Aug. 2. 304.36 Sep. 21. due Dec. 21. 303.93 1810. Mar. 25. Interest on 304.36 to this day (8. mo.)
4Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 10 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Dec. 17. reached this just as I had left it on a journey to a possession I have about 90. miles South of this, and from whence I am but lately returned. I had not written to you for some time, because I was in the constant hope of making you a remittance, which the delays and difficulties of those from whom I had a right daily to expect paiments as constantly disappointed,...
5Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 7 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I remitted you some time ago 200.D. through Gibson & Jefferson and I take measures through by the present mail from this quarter to remit through them another sum of 100.D. until I could pay up one of the two quarters of supply due, I preferred letting my nailery be without employ. this is their present state. I must therefore now pray you, with as little delay as possible to send me on a...
6Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 6 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 16. was duly recieved, and I thank you for the indulgence of making my remittances from time to time as I can. this shall be as diligently done as the difficult circulation of money in this part of the country will permit. in the mean time I avail myself of your permission to ask a new supply of 2. tons of rod, assorted as usual, and a quarter ton of the best tough bar iron,...
7Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 10 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with real mortification that, instead of a remittance for the last supply of rod & iron , now due, I am obliged to send you this letter. yet my feelings on the failure will not permit me to be merely silent. I have now been for 13. or 14. years a customer of your house & of it’s predecessors, and have never failed beyond a few days over the term of remittance, except on one occasion, I...
8From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 6 December 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you an order of the bank of the US. here on that at Philadelphia for 360. D. 97c the amount of supplies of iron now unpaid, and I pray you to send to Richmond two tons of nailrod assorted as usual to the address of Gibson & Jefferson for me. I hope this can be done before the close of the Delaware. I salute you with friendship & respect MHi : Coolidge Collection.
9From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 21 August 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 9. inst. I wrote to you for 2. tons of rod & 2 ½ Cwt. of bar iron. on the 18th. I wrote to have a part of the bars inch square, & for some sheet iron. since this last date a pressing call occurs for 100. f. running measure of ship-bolt iron 1 ½ I. or at least 1 ¼ I. diameter, either round or sight square, in no matter what lengths, of the toughest iron. I must pray you therefore to add...
10From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 18 August 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you on the 9th. for two tons of nail rod, and 2 ½ hundred of bar iron. among the latter I should wish to have bars of an inch square amounting to 30. f. in length or running measure, also that you would add to the order sheet iron 2 f. wide & of the longest sheets you have making up. 60. f. of length in the whole, or running measure. should the rod & bars have been sent off before you...
11From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 9 August 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I expect that mr Barnes on the 6th. inst. remitted you on my account two hundred & eighty two Dollars 67. cents now due for former supplies. I am to pray you now to send for me to the address of Gibson and Jefferson in Richmond two tons of nailrod assorted as usual, and 2 ½ hundred of bar iron of a tough quality. I salute you with esteem & respect. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
12From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 5 April 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I now remit you the sum of 273. D. in an order from the bank of the US. at this place on that at Philadelphia, for nailrod furnished heretofore. I take this occasion of praying you to send to Messrs. Gibson & Jefferson for me, a further supply of two tons of nailrod, assorted as usual. I will thank you if at the same time you can procure and forward for me one of the large steel hand–mills for...
13From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 7 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you an order of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Philadelphia for 140.47 D for sheet iron furnished in December, which be pleased to place to my credit. I salute you with esteem & respect MHi : Coolidge Collection.
14From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 7 February 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you an order of the bank of the US. of this place on that of Philadelphia for 111. D 34 c now due, and tender you the assurances of my friendship & respect. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
15From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 6 January 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Dec. 10. is duly recieved and gave me the first intimation that I had omitted a paiment in it’s proper time. on recurring to our letters (for I have not time here to keep regular accounts) I found in fact that some nailrod of Aug. 22. amounting to 281. D. having been omitted to be set down in the moment, in my calendar of paiments to be made, had afterwards entirely escaped me....
16From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 7 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I now remit you an order of the bank of the US. of this place on that at Philadelphia for 243. D by the amount of your bill of sheet lead shipped Sep. 14. and salute you with great esteem & respect. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
17From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 1 November 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I must ask the favor of you to procure & forward to Richmond ten hundred weight of pig lead. I take the liberty of troubling you sometimes with commissions out of your line because I have no other established correspondence in Philadelphia. it would give me great pleasure if you would charge a commission in those cases, because it would encourage me to make a freer appeal to your friendly...
18From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 4 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to send me the quantity of sheet lead below stated, to be rolled, and of the thickness suitable for covering houses. but if that which is directed to be in sheets 9 f. 6. I. long, can be got either in rolled iron, or copper sheets of that length it will be preferred. these also to be of the proper thickness for covering a roof. be so good as to send these articles with the sheet...
19From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 13 August 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I find my works here absolutely out of nailrod. I must therefore pray you to send on without delay, 2. tons assorted & addressed as usual. I expect that mr Barnes remitted you on the 6th. instant 281. D. for the last supply of rod. I salute you with esteem. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
20From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 2 June 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of May 27. is recieved and I now supply the omission of my former letter by stating that it is double rolled sheet iron which I have occasion for. I have this moment recieved a letter from my workman at Monticello stating his want of the iron below described. as this want is immediate, I should be glad you could put the iron on board the first vessel going to Richmond. it will be...
21From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 25 May 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I must ask the favor of you to procure for me 200. sheets of rolled iron, each sheet 16. I. wide & 6. feet long, clear of cracks and flaws. they must be exact in size, because if shorter or narrower they cannot come into use at all, & if longer or wider it will be in pure waste. yet this last fault would be better than the first. as it will probably take time to select these at the rolling...
22From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 3 April 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to ship for me to messrs. Gibson and Jefferson at Richmond two tons of nail rod assorted as usual, and to do it with as little delay as possible as I have learnt that we have not a fortnight’s stock on hand. I salute you with esteem & respect MHi : Coolidge Collection.
23From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 7 February 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you an order of the bank of the US. here on that at Philadelphia for 220.15 D. this pays to you the sum of 206.90 D now due to you, and it includes a sum of 13.25 D over, which I pray you to pay to Benjamin Johnson, bookseller of Philadelphia, for books furnished through Isaac Briggs. it is because I have no correspondent for money affairs at Philadelphia, that I trouble you with...
24From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 5 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose you a draught of the bank of this place on that at Philadelphia for 281.25 D agreeable to your invoice of Sep. 16. the date of which shews I am a little in default in this remittance. Accept my friendly salutations MHi : Coolidge Collection.
25From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 21 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I am to ask the favor of you to send me the articles stated below with as little delay as possible, the bar iron being at this time much wanted. be particular in the breadth of the sheet copper & iron, as smaller breadths will not do, and larger will cut to waste. the copper sheets mentioned in your letter of Sep. 24. will answer very well, because being 24. I. wide, they will cut into 2....
26From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 20 September 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall very shortly have occasion for a considerable quantity of sheet copper, proper for covering cornices & making gutturs, which I presume should be of the thinnest kind to be had. I think that what I purchased for those uses antiently did not weigh more than half a pound or thereabouts to the square foot. as the price of sheet copper to the square foot will determine me as to the quantity...
27From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 1 September 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Barnes will, on this day sennight, remit to you the sum of 137 D. 10c. now due, on my account: and I have to ask the favor of you to send for me to Richmond, under address to Gibson & Jefferson, 2. tons of nail-rod assorted from 6d. to 20d. and a quarter ton of hoop iron inch & quarter wide. I salute you with friendship & respect. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
28From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 10 June 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to ask the favor of you to send me, under the shortest delay possible, the assortment of iron below stated. it is for the completion of a mill which will be in waiting for this iron before it can reach Virginia. you will address it to Gibson & Jefferson as usual, advising me of it’s departure, & amount. I salute you with friendship bar iron. 2 ½ I. broad 3/16 I. thick, amounting in...
29From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 5 May 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose your letter of Sep. 7. 05 merely to shew the source of my error in supposing the sum of 317.93 instead of 349.93 was what should be remitted you. on recurring to this letter I saw at once that it was merely an error in carrying out the sums. the inclosed draught of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Philadelphia for 300. D. will exactly square our accounts. I have been...
30From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 7 March 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Feb. 22. was duly recieved and occasioned me great astonishment. Of the two debts of 268. D. each I was aware and had prepared to pay. but of that of 317.93 I had not the least recollection, & could not believe it but to be an error till I turned to my papers & found it real. I habitually note in a calendar of paiments to be made, all sums as soon as made known to me. how I...