Receipt from Vincent Ducomb, 13 November 1802
Receipt from Vincent Ducomb
philadelphia Novbre 13th 1802
Bougt of Vincent DuComb
2 Dressed wigs $19— $38—
Recd the above in full
Vincent Ducomb
MS (DLC); in an unidentified hand, receipted and signed by Ducomb; endorsed by TJ: “Ducomb.”
mrs dallas: Arabella Maria Smith Dallas, the wife of prominent Philadelphia lawyer Alexander James Dallas and a close friend of the Gallatins and Madisons, was known for her lavish entertaining (Raymond Walters, Jr., Alexander James Dallas, Lawyer, Politician, Financier, 1759–1817 [Philadelphia, 1943], 111–13; James Robinson, The Philadelphia Directory, City and County Register, for 1803 [Philadelphia, 1802], 66; , 398).
vincent ducomb, a Philadelphia perfumer residing at 58 Walnut Street, was treasurer of the Mutual Assistance Society of Hair Dressers and Surgeon Barbers. In addition to Paris perfumes, he sold hair powder, braids, curls and ringlets, shoe polish, and cigars (Robinson, Philadelphia Directory for 1803, 76; Philadelphia General Advertiser, 18 Oct. 1791; Claypoole’s American Daily Advertiser, 27 Sep. 1799; Philadelphia Gazette, 18 June 1801, 2 Feb. 1802; , 2:1145).
For the wigs TJ ordered for his daughters’ visit to Washington, see Martha Jefferson Randolph to TJ, 29 Oct.