Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 11 March 1812
From Patrick Gibson
Richmond 11th March 1812
Sir
Having at length succeeded in getting your Tobacco reviewed I shall now give you my opinion of it corroborated by the judgement of some of my friends who are more in the habit of purchasing and shipping—
Nos | 2593 & 2032 | bright-colr good order & well flavd worth | about | 6 | ½ | $ |
〃 | 2031 | dark 〃 mix’d & tolerably well flavd | 〃 | 4 | 〃 | |
〃 | 2033 | 〃 〃 〃 ragged tho’ 〃 | 〃 | 3 | 〃 | |
〃 | 2030 | 〃 〃 〃 and sour | 〃 | 2 | 〃 | |
〃 | 2029 | 〃 〃 〃 with mould | 1 | ½ | 〃 | |
〃 | 2034 stemmd very mean dirty & bad flavr | 1 | 〃 |
these are the prices which I think might be expected for such Tobacco, if a purchaser could be met with, which I suppose might be found amongst our manufacturers the first two are the only Hhds worth shipping I shall however wait your instructions respecting them—The ten bushels Cloverseed order’d in yours of the 1st were sent on the 6th by C: Peyton’s Billy to the care of Mr Higginbotham—
The Nail rod & bar iron has at last arrived and shall be sent up by Johnson
Flour has become very dull, a sale could not now be made at more than 9$ cash this fall is in consequence of an impression that an embargo may shortly be expected; and the accounts received this morning from Washington, respecting the conspiracy has tended to increace that apprehension I am with great respect
Patrick Gibson
RC (ViU: TJP-ER); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from Gibson & Jefferson received 15 Mar. 1812.
SJL records missing letters from David higginbotham of 14 Feb., received from Milton on 15 Feb. 1812, and of 7 Mar., received from Milton presumably on that date but listed as received 6 Mar. 1812.
Index Entries
- Billy (C. Peyton’s slave); transports clover seed search
- clover; seed search
- Embargo Act (1812); effects of search
- flour; price of search
- Gibson, Patrick; and embargo search
- Gibson, Patrick; and goods for TJ search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s flour search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s tobacco search
- Gibson, Patrick; letters from search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and building materials acquired by TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and seeds acquired by TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); flour sold for TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); tobacco sold for TJ search
- Higginbotham, David; and clover seed for TJ search
- Higginbotham, David; letters from accounted for search
- Johnson, William (waterman); transports goods from Richmond search
- naileries; nailrod and iron stock search
- Peyton, Craven; and clover seed search
- Richmond, Va.; tobacco prices at search
- seeds; clover search
- tobacco; poor quality of TJ’s search
- tobacco; price of in Richmond search