Thomas Jefferson Papers

Invoice from Thomas Davis, 5 July 1805

Invoice from Thomas Davis

Thomas Jefferson Esqr Dr

To Thomas Davis

1805
July 5th  To 1 Plaster Mashine } $34.86
249℔ @ 14 cnt.

RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ: “34.86 D July 5. 05 paid by ord. on bk US.”

Thomas Davis was a Georgetown blacksmith. Although his machine was meant for grinding plaster into a suitable soil dressing, in 1815 TJ mentioned using it effectively for crushing corn cobs (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 , 2:1157; RS description begins J. Jefferson Looney and others, eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Princeton, 2004- , 15 vols. description ends , 8:534-6).

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    Invoice from Thomas Davis, 5 July 1805
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    Davis, Thomas
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    5 July 1805

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    “Invoice from Thomas Davis, 5 July 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0692. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 46, 9 March to 5 July 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 689.]