Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 30 September 1822
From Bernard Peyton
Richd 30 Sept 1822
Dear Sir,
I am safely at home again thank God— Your note for $1,000 will be offerd for dist tomorrow, & whether done or no, any dfts you may draw shall be honor’d, I hope & believe however there will be no difficulty in getting the disct, by assuring the Directors no renewal of the note will be asked or expected, which you authorised me to do—
I hope you had enough of the recent copious rains to raise your river sufficiently to send off loaded Boats, here, the water has not risen an inch yet, in consequence, & but small loads can pass the main river even—consequently, but little produce of any kind is coming in—present price $6¼ for Flour, wheat 117 @ 120¢, scarce, & in demand—corn $4¼—
The Bundle of Books not present when I was with you, were fordd on the 13th Inst by a Mr. Estes’s Waggon, care W & Raphael—
I have delivered the message you requested to Mr. Barrett, who seems content—
B. Peyton
I have today pd a dft: for $5090⁄100, drawn by T. J. Randolph, in Bedford, on your ℀, which is at your debit—
B.P.
RC (MHi); dateline beneath full signature; endorsed by TJ as received 4 Oct. 1822 and so recorded in SJL.
dist: “discount.” The directors led the Farmer’s Bank of Virginia. w & raphael was the Charlottesville firm of Wolfe & Raphael.
Index Entries
- A. Robertson & Company (firm); TJ’s debt to search
- Barret, William; and TJ’s debt to A. Robertson & Company search
- boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
- corn; price of search
- Estes, Mr.; transports goods search
- Farmers’ Bank of Virginia (Richmond); TJ’s loan from search
- flour; at Richmond search
- James River; water level of search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; debt to A. Robertson & Company search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loan from Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and books for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s loan from Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Peyton, Bernard; as merchant search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); and TJ’s financial transactions search
- Richmond, Va.; corn prices at search
- Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search
- Richmond, Va.; rainfall in search
- Richmond, Va.; wheat prices in search
- Rivanna River; water level of search
- weather; effect on shipping search
- weather; rain search
- wheat; price of in Richmond search
- Wolfe & Raphael (Charlottesville firm); and packages for TJ search