To Thomas Jefferson from Bernard Peyton, 4 October 1824
Sales of Fifty Barrels | flour by Bernard Peyton |
for a/c Thomas Jefferson Esqr— |
1824 Richd | |||
4 Octo: | To Mr Treadwell for Cash on Basin— | ||
49 Barrels Superfine flour at $4⅞ | $238.87 | ||
1 do. Fine do. 〃 4½ | 4.50 | ||
$243.37 | |||
Charges | |||
Canal Toll $5.20 Inspection $1.– | $6.20 | ||
Commission at 2½ ⅌ Cent | 6.08 | $12.28 | |
Nett prcds at cr T. J. | $231.09 |
E.E. | |
Bernard Peyton | |
⅌ N. N. Wilkinson |
Richd 4th: October 1824
Dear Sir,
Above I hand a/c sales your fifty Barrels Flour, recd this morning, & sold on Basin Bank.
Agreeable to the request contained in yours of the 29 ulto:, recd last evening, have this day procured a bill on London, for £112.10, at a premium of 9½ pr Ct, which is ½ under the New York price, & transmitted the first, in your letter to Saml Williams of London, the second in a letter to him, from myself, & the third you will find under cover herewith, to yourself—this bill you will observe netts $500 in London—
I have also by this days mail forwarded a check to Jonathan Thompson, Collector of New York, for ten dollars sixty four Cents, $10.64 Dolls:, on your a/c, & deposited in Branch Bank of the United States here, $33 Dolls:, to credit of Edd Bacon, a certificate of which will be found under cover—all which hope will be agreeable to you, & the several sums here mentioned are at your debit in a/c, as well as your dft. favor Jas Leitch, & those in favor several other persons—
The Books from New York were recd & forwarded to Jacobs & Raphael, at Charlottesville, before rect of yours covering bill of lading
Bernard Peyton
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