Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 19 May 1823
From Bernard Peyton
Richd 19 May 1823
Dear Sir,
I have just recd, & this day forwarded to Charlottesville, care Jacobs & Raphael, a half Bll:, containing Botled scuppernong Wine, shipd by Thos Cox of Plymouth North Carolina, by request of Mr Burton of that state, for you—which I wish safe to hand—In haste—
Bernd Peyton
RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Mr Jefferson Monticello Charlottesville”; stamp canceled; franked; postmarked Richmond, 19 May; endorsed by TJ as received 27 May 1823 and so recorded in SJL.
On 1 June 1823 TJ received an undated letter from Peyton, not found, but recorded in SJL with TJ’s bracketed notation of “Nickervis,” presumably referring to the Farmers’ Bank of Virginia cashier William Nekervis in Richmond.
Index Entries
- Burton, Hutchins Gordon; and scuppernong wine search
- Cox, Thomas; and scuppernong wine search
- Farmers’ Bank of Virginia (Richmond); TJ’s loan from search
- Jacobs & Raphael (Charlottesville firm); and packages for TJ search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loan from Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Nekervis, William; as cashier of Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s loan from Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Peyton, Bernard; and wine for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from accounted for search
- scuppernong (wine) search
- wine; scuppernong search
- wine; sent to TJ search