Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 26 January 1821
From Edmund Bacon
January 26th 1821—
Deare Sir.
I have examined the statemt on the paper Just recieved and believe it contains every article in accts betwen You & myself excepting the three beeves. they was value’d to 40 dollars 13 Dollars & a third each Mr Th J Randolph saw them. the two first killed in the fall was two of them. one being a good cow is kept for milch. If it soots and you think it not improper you may extend the settlement of accts on to the comeing September as I shall not call on you for a dollar untill I leave virginia
I am yours &C
E: Bacon
RC (ViU: TJP-ER); addressed: “Mr Jefferson.”
The paper just recieved has not been found. chame and mall: presumably “chime,” here meaning a barrel stave, and “maul,” splitting with a maul and a wedge ().
Index Entries
- Bacon, Edmund; letters from search
- Bacon, Edmund; Monticello overseer search
- Bacon, Edmund; plans to move west search
- Bacon, Edmund; TJ’s account with search
- barrels search
- cattle; and milk search
- cattle; death of search
- cattle; price of search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with E. Bacon search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); carpenters at search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); coopers at search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); as manager of Monticello search