Enclosure: Invoice for Wines and Food, 12 September 1804
Enclosure: Invoice for Wines and Food
Invoice of Five Cases of Wine shipped on board the Ship Fabius Capt. Hughes bound to Newyork & consigned to the Collector of the Custom there on acct. of the President of the United States of America.
| TJ L |
No 1 | One Case contg. 36 bottles of Chauteaux Margaux of the year 1798 at 1⅓ D = 7 fs |
252 | — | |||
| N 2 | Two Cases contg. 72 bottles of Rozan of 1798 at .72 Cents = 4/10 | 324 | — | ||||
| " 3 | Two Cases contg. 72 bottles of Salus Sauterne at .36 cents = 45. s 10 | 162 | — | ||||
| 738 | — | ||||||
| Charges | |||||||
| 5 Cases | 3/10 | fs. 17 | .50 | ||||
| Porters & Boatmen | 3 | . | |||||
| Permit & outward duty | 20 | . | 40 | 50 | |||
| 148 | .28 D = | fs. 778 | 50 |
Memorandum of Preserved fruits put on board the said Vessel for the President of the United States—
| 1 Case contg. | 10 flacons of Prunes damas blancs | |
| 10 Reine claude | ||
| 10 Peaches | ||
| 10 Chinois | ||
| 10 Abricots | ||
| 50 | ||
| 1 Case contg. | 20 Pots of Gelées assorted | |
| 20 do. Fruits au Sucre | ||
| 40 | ||
| 1 Case contg. | 10 Cases Comfitures seches | |
American Consulate Bordeaux 12 Sepr. 1804
Wm. Lee
MS (MHi); amounts in dollars and cents added by TJ shown in italics. Dupl (same).
In his account of Wine purchased during his presidency, TJ designated this shipment for consumption at Monticello (, 2:1116).
flacons: that is, large bottles or decanters. Lee was using some French terms, such as Reine claude, for small fruits like plums, which had been preserved in several ways: in brandy, as jellies, or coated in sugar (Sucre).