Jonathan Thompson to Thomas Jefferson, 24 June 1822
From Jonathan Thompson
Custom House New York—
June 24th 1822.
Dear sir
Inclosed is a bill of lading for a box of seeds received per the Ship Six Brothers, Williams Master from Havre the amount of expenses paid the Captain are as follows.
| Freight from Havre | $ | 1. | — | ||
| Transportation from Paris paid by him | 1. | 24 | |||
| 2. | 24 | ||||
| Primage 10 PerCt | 23 | ||||
| $ | 2. | 47 |
The box I have forwarded to the care of Mr Bernard Peyton, Richmond, Virginia—There is no charge for expenses or duties here— With great respect, am
Jonathan Thompson
RC (MHi); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Thompson; at foot of text in same clerk’s hand: “Thomas Jefferson Esq. Monticello Virginia”; endorsed by TJ as received 1 July 1822 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with Dft of TJ to Thomas Appleton, 8 Oct. 1824, on recto and verso; addressed in Thompson’s hand: “Thomas Jefferson Esq late President of the U States Monticello Virginia”; franked; postmarked New York, 24 June. Enclosure not found.
Index Entries
- Jardin des plantes et Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle; seeds from search
- Peyton, Bernard; and goods for TJ search
- seeds; sent to TJ search
- Six Brothers (ship) search
- Thompson, Jonathan; as collector at New York search
- Thompson, Jonathan; letters from search
- Williams, Calvin (ship captain) search