Wilmington March 20th. 1805.
W. Pryce, presents his respects to His excellency Thomas Jefferson Esqr, apologises, for the neglect, in his last, and informs that the price of the life of Christ &c is $4.00, which he will please to remit here, by any convenient opportunity that may offer.
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 28 Mch. and so recorded in SJL.
his last: Pryce to TJ, 9 Mch.
The price offered to subscribers in the original proposal was $4.50. In his financial memoranda under 3 May 1805, TJ recorded payment for the book (Easton, Md., Herald and
Eastern Shore Intelligencer, 8 Nov. 1803; MB description begins James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826, Princeton, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1152; see also TJ to John Barnes, 12 Aug. 1805).
