To Thomas Jefferson from Gibson & Jefferson, 1 June 1805
From Gibson & Jefferson
Richmond 1st. June 1805—
Sir
We received your favor of the 29th. Ulto:, and shall attend to your directions relative to the boxes shippd from Philadelphia, those you allude to from Monticello have been sent on, the one to Mr. Peale of Philada. and the other to Mr. Edwd. Johnston of Norfolk, to whom your hams were likewise sent, to be forwarded to you—We have at length made sale of your Tobacco to Messrs. Bohn & Hubner at 40/. by extending the credit to 90, 120 & 150 days one third each—With respect we are
Sir Your obt: Servts:
Gibson & Jefferson
RC (MHi); in Patrick Gibson’s hand; at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esquire”; endorsed by TJ as received 5 June and so recorded in SJL with notation “tobo. sold 40/ 3. 4. 5. mo.”
Bohn & Hubner: Christian Bohn and John C. Hubner, natives of Germany, were trade partners who frequently consigned German goods, including linens, from their store in Richmond (Richmond Virginia Gazette, 13 Nov. 1798, 23 Apr. 1806; William Munford, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 6 vols. [Philadelphia, 1810-20], 4:403, 407-8).