Enclosure: List of Groceries Wanted from Marseilles
Enclosure
List of Groceries Wanted from Marseilles
| 50. | ℔ de Maccaroni. |
| 50. | ℔ de meme composition de differentes façons pour les potages. |
| 6. | paniers d’huile de la meilleure qualité. |
| 8. | caisses d’olives. |
| 4. | idem de capres fines. |
| 2. | idem d’Anchois. |
| 20. | ℔ de thon mariné. |
| 8. | douzaines de petites boetes historiés1 de 6. ou 7. fruits. |
| 3. | caisses de pruneaux. |
| 3. | idem de belles figues. |
| 1. | idem de dattes. |
| 30. | ℔ d’amandes douces, sans coquilles. |
| 25. | ℔ idem avec leurs coquilles. |
| 10. | ℔ d’amandes amers. |
| 6. | caisses de fruits assortis à l’eau de vie. |
| 26. | ℔ de queües d’artichaux secs. |
| 4. | ℔ de truffes du Perigord. |
Editors’ Translation
| 50 | pounds of macaroni. |
| 50 | pounds of the same composition, in different shapes for soups. |
| 6 | panniers of oil of the best quality. |
| 8 | cases of olives. |
| 4 | cases of fine capers. |
| 2 | cases of anchovies. |
| 20 | pounds of pickled tuna. |
| 8 | dozen small decorated cans of preserves of 6 or 7 fruits. |
| 3 | cases of prunes. |
| 3 | cases of fine figs. |
| 1 | case of dates. |
| 30 | pounds of sweet almonds, shelled. |
| 25 | pounds of the same, unshelled. |
| 10 | pounds of bitter almonds. |
| 6 | cases of assorted fruits in brandy. |
| 26 | pounds of dried artichokes on their stalks. |
| 4 | pounds of Périgord truffles. |
MS (Archives municipales, Marseilles, France); entirely in TJ’s hand; with notations by Cathalan, not printed above, recording quantities of items from the list shipped on 9 May, 27 Dec. 1803, and 21 Apr. 1804 (see also Cathalan to TJ, 31 May 1803, 25 Apr. 1804); Cathalan added an unspecified quantity of “Pistaches” (pistachio nuts) at foot of list. PrC (MHi); endorsed by TJ in ink on verso. MS (MHi); undated; in Étienne Lemaire’s hand, in French; at head of text: “Etat des provisions a fair venir de Marseille”; at foot of text, Lemaire’s estimate of total expenditure to be about 86.2.3 livres; with one interlineation in TJ’s hand (see note 1) and with list of wines in TJ’s hand at foot of text (see the next document); endorsed by TJ: “LeMaire. groceries from Marseilles.”