Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 13 July 1805
To George Jefferson
Washington July 13. 05
Dear Sir
In consequence of the assurance in your letter of the 9th. I have this day drawn on you for 300. D. payable to Wm. A. Burwell or order, 100. D. payable to David Higginbotham or order. I rely on the same source for paying the 156.67 assumed by me for Craven Peyton paiable early this month; the balance to go to my credit with you.
I likewise inclose two notes of 1000. D. each to be discounted at the Richmond bank, & so dated as to be covered by the 2d. & 3d. paiments of Bohn & Hubner. Accept affectionate salutations
Th: Jefferson
PoC (MHi); at foot of text: “Mr. G. Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ.
In his financial memoranda, TJ recorded paying William A. Burwell $70 in cash on this day, as well as giving him orders on Gibson & Jefferson for $300 to be paid on demand and $400 payable on 3 Sep. The payments were to reimburse the remainder of a $640 loan from Burwell and to cover his quarterly salary of $150 (, 2:1159).
TJ recorded in SJL a letter of this day to David Higginbotham. The letter, not found, may have been in response to a letter of 10 June from Higginbotham, recorded in SJL as received 12 June, also not found.
TJ recorded his payment to Craven Peyton as the reduction of a $201 bill he had assumed on 28 Apr., to be paid out of his account with Gibson & Jefferson during the first week of August. It is likely that the present payment covered a £47 bill, equivalent to $156.67, to which TJ referred in a letter to Peyton of 13 June (, 2:1151, 1160; , 5:422–4; George Jefferson to TJ, 23 Apr.; Peyton to TJ, [on or before 5 Sep. 1805]).