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Statement of Interest Account with John Barnes, 31 March 1801–30 January 1802

Statement of Interest Account with John Barnes,
31 March 1801–30 January 1802

[Enclosure]

Sketch of the Apparent Monthly Balances, on the Presidents a/c with J Barnes, will Appear from the Annexed Statemts. Commencing, viz.

1801					1801	Monthly		Int. a 6 ⅌ Ct.
Mar 31.	To Amt. of a/ rendered page 7"			1450.17.	Mar 31.	1450	.17.	7"
Apr 25	do do 59"			826.51½	Apr 25.	826	.51½	4"
May 26	do do "			2180.28.
				4456.96½
May 7	By Warrt. deducted 59			4000 "
				456.96½
June 4	To Amot. of a/c rendd			737.93½
" 30	To do do			2062.10.
				3257. "
June 8	By Warrt. deducted			2000 "	June 30th	1257	.	6—"
				1257 "

July 25	To Amt. of a/c rendered			2298.38
" 6	To Colo. Cary			1500.
				5055.38
" 6	By 2 Warrts for		2000.
" 16	By $1000 distd [a 5 pr]		989.50	2989.50	July 25.	2065	.88
				2065.88	say for [3] Mos.			20—"
to July
28th. 29 & 30 Augst		To Amot. as ⅌ a/	3748.12
[&] to Sepr. 30		Sep. 17. Cash for Note
[&] to Sepr. 30		16 July	1000 "	4748.12
				6814. "
Sepr 7.	By Warrt.		4000 "
17.	By G & Jeffn.		1000 "	5000. "	Sepr 30th	1814		9—
				1814
from 1st Octr		To Amot of a/c	80	5237.46
to 5 Novr		To Amot of a/c	80	7051.46
Octr. 7	By Warrt. (80)		2000
9	By Capt Lewis’s Note		2000	4000	Octr 9th.	3051	.46	15—
				3051.46
Novr 7	By Warrt. (81)		2000
9	By Capt Lewis’s Note		1000	3000
				51.46.	Novr 9.	51	.46
to Decr 4.	To Amot of 3 a/c		1605.26.
9	To Bank for Note 9 Or		2000	3605.26.
				3656.72
7	By Warrt. (81) deducted			2000—	Decr 9	1656	.72.	8.
9	To Balance Card. forwd			$ 1656.72.		12,173	.20½	69"
to 31	To Amot of a/c rendered addl.			1226.28
				2883.
decr 10.	By Mr McEwan on WS a/c dedt			1800
1802				1083
to Jany 30.	To Amt of a/c (117) rendd. [p.]			6276.22
				7359.22
Jany 9.	By Warrt. deductd.		2000.
	By T. Carpenter a/		12.67	2012.67.
Note...	this Balance of			$5346.55.
	is Carried to a New Acct. of Balances—
But in order to Ascertain the real Balance on said a/c to the 9th Jany. it will be Necessary, to Annex the following particulars...Viz
decr. 10th	By McEwans on WS a/-		1800.

9.	deduct Bale. due		1656.72	143.28	due the Prest.
31.	To amt. of a/c		1226.28
	from which deduct		143.28
	as above		1083.
to Jany 9	To disburmt 5017.42		5017.42
			6100.42.
Jany 9	from which deduct		2012.67.
do	due leaves		4087.75	due J.B. Jany 9th.		4087	.75.	20"
from do
to Jany 30	To aditional due a/c 1258.80.		1258.80
	& on above is $6276.22		5346.55
					on	16,260	.95	for 89
Jany. 30	which said Bale. of $5346.55.
	is Card. to a New a/c of Balances—

Errors & Omissions Excepted

John Barnes

Geo: Town 27th May 1803.

MS (ViU); entirely in Barnes’s hand; with several illegible abbreviations and numerals; ellipses in original.

by warrt. deducted: starting at 7 May 1801 in this statement of account and continuing through the ensuing two statements at approximately one-month intervals, the warrants recorded by Barnes are the installments TJ received from the Treasury Department on his $25,000 annual salary as president. Treasury statements of these payments for the periods 5 May 1801 to 8 Mch. 1802 and 14 Apr. 1802 to 7 Mch. 1803 are in DNA: RG 217, MTA.

colo. cary: that is, Edward Carrington, the supervisor of the revenue for Virginia. The $1,500 draft on Carrington was used primarily to reimburse John Wayles Eppes for horses he purchased on TJ’s behalf in 1801 (MB description begins James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, Princeton, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1037, 1045–6; Vol. 34:521).

by g & jeffn: on 12 Sep. 1801, TJ directed George Jefferson to remit immediately $1,000 to Barnes. TJ informed Barnes of the transaction the same day, explaining that “I am afraid my arrearages are inconvenient to you” (MB description begins James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, Princeton, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1050; Vol. 35:270, 275–6).

by capt lewis’s note: for Meriwether Lewis’s notes on the Bank of Columbia that were credited to TJ’s account with Barnes, see Vol. 36:77–8, 695–7; Vol. 37:439–40.

WS: William Short. For the $1,800 credited to TJ from Short’s account with Barnes, see Vol. 36:697.

by t. carpenter: for the reimbursement of $12.67 received from tailor Thomas Carpenter, see Vol. 36:698.

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Title: Statement of Interest Account with John Barnes, 31 March 1801–30 January 1802
Author: Barnes, John
Date: 27 May 1803

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Cite as: “Statement of Interest Account with John Barnes, 31 March 1801–30 January 1802 ,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0329-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 40, 4 March–10 July 1803, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013, pp. 435–437.]