David Isaacs to Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1822
From David Isaacs
Feby 20th 1822
Mr Jefferson will receive pr Boy
| 67½℔ Beef 6¼ | $4. | 22 | |
| also a large Cake Tallow 30½℔ 1/ | 5. | 08 | |
| $9. | 30 |
I hope the meat & Tallow will meet your approbation1
David Isaacs
RC (MHi); written on a small scrap; dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Mr Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ, with his additional notation beneath endorsement: “9.30.”
An account with Isaacs endorsed by TJ as dated 28 Feb. 1822 included the beef and tallow bought on 20 Feb. 1822, in addition to a purchase on 22 Jan. 1822 of “16℔ Tallow 1/” for $2.67. TJ noted beneath his endorsement that he “pd him cash 11.97” (MS in MHi; written in Isaacs’s hand on a small scrap; undated; docketed by Isaacs: “T. Jefferson with D. Isaacs} ℀”).
1. On next line Isaacs erased “In haste.”
Index Entries
- beef; TJ purchases search
- food; beef search
- household articles; tallow search
- Isaacs, David; letters from search
- Isaacs, David; sells TJ beef search
- Isaacs, David; sells TJ tallow search
- Isaacs, David; TJ’s account with search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with D. Isaacs search
- tallow search