Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Account with David Higginbotham, [ca. 3 February 1814]
Notes on Account with David Higginbotham
[ca. 3 Feb. 1814]
Negroes | 1107. | 80 | |||||
* | groceries | 312. | 13 | ℔ | |||
iron | 210. | 14 | to wit | 2200½ | iron | ||
74¼ | steel | ||||||
salt | 122. | 14 | = 13. sacks + 1½ bush | ||||
spinng cotton 230.℔ | 57. | 50 | |||||
Miscellanies | 164. | 72 | |||||
1974. | 43 | ||||||
℔ | oz. | ||||||
* | white sugar | 271– | 4 | ||||
brown sugar | 317. | ||||||
coffee | 66. | 8 | |||||
tea | 22. | 2 | |||||
spirits | 18 | ¼ galls |
MS (MHi); in TJ’s hand; undated; on verso of last page of TJ’s Account with Higginbotham, 1 Aug. 1813.
On 3 Feb. 1814 TJ recorded in his memorandum books that “On settlement of my dealings with D. Higginbotham from Aug. 1. 1812. to July 31. 1813. the balance due him is 1903.50 for which I gave him my acknolegemt.” He then copied the above “Analysis of the dealings in that period” with Higginbotham, to which he added a note indicating that “The sawmill took upwards of 1000.℔.” of iron ( , 2:1297).
By negroes TJ meant fabric, blankets, and hats for distribution to his slaves.
Index Entries
- alcohol; spirits search
- coffee; TJ purchases search
- cotton; purchased by TJ search
- food; salt search
- groceries; purchased by TJ search
- Higginbotham, David; TJ’s account with search
- iron; for sawmill search
- iron; purchased by TJ search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with D. Higginbotham search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Notes on Account with David Higginbotham search
- salt; TJ acquires search
- slaves; supplies for search
- spirits (alcohol) search
- steel; purchased by TJ search
- sugar; brown search
- sugar; refined search
- tea; ordered for Monticello search