Peter Carr’s Nailery Account, 8 August 1805
Peter Carr’s Nailery Account
Mr. Peter Carr in account
with Thomas Jefferson Dr
| 1804 | |||||||
| may | 29 | To | 13 ℔. 20d nailes @ 10 d | 0 | 10. | 10 | |
| June. | 29. | To | 78 ℔. 10d. Do. @ 11½ d | 3 | 14. | 9 | |
| Sept. | 16. | To | 640. 6 dz Sprigs. @ 1/ | 0 | 6. | 5 | |
| " | 76 ℔. 16d. brads. @10½ d | 3. | 6 | 6 | |||
| " | 56 ℔. 6d. nailes @ 12½ d | 2. | 18. | 4 | |||
| 58 ℔. 20d Do. @ 10 d | 2. | 8 | 4 | ||||
| 7 ℔. Spikes. @ 10 d | 0 | 5. | 10 | ||||
| 20. | 400. 4d. Sprigs. @ 10 d 1/ | 0 | 4. | 0 | |||
| 27 | 13 ℔. 6d. nailes. @ 12½ d | 0 | 13. | 6 | ½ | ||
| 500 6d. Sprigs. @ 1/ | 0 | 5. | 0 | ||||
| 100 ℔. 16d brads. @ 10½ d | 4 | 7. | 6 | ||||
| 1805 | |||||||
| may. | 7 | 25 ℔. 16d brads. @ 10½ d | 1. | 1 | 10 | ½ | |
| 10 ℔. 20d. nailes @ 10 d | 0 | 8. | 4 | ||||
| June | 7 | 25 ℔. 16d brads. @ 10½ d | 1 | 1 | 10 | ½ | |
| 2000. 4d Sprigs. @ 1/ | 1. | 0. | 0 | ||||
| 2500. 6d. Do. @ 1/ | 1 | 5. | 0 | ||||
| July | 28 | 950. 6d. Do. @ 1/ | 0. | 9. | 6 | ||
| 30 | 20 ℔. 16d. brads. @ 10½ d | 0 | 17. | 6 | |||
| 31. | 13 ℔. 10d. nailes. @ 11½ d | 0 | 12. | 5 | ½ | ||
| aug. | 8. | 1000. 6d. Sprigs. @ 1/ | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 17 ℔. 10d. nailes. @ 11½d | 0 | 16 | 3 | ½ | |||
| £ | 27 | 4 | 8 | ½ |
Gabriel Lilly
for Ths Jefferson
MS (ViU); in Gabriel Lilly’s hand; endorsed by Lilly: “a/c Peter Carr”; endorsed by TJ.
13℔. 20d nailes @ 10 d: Lilly’s calculations were based on traditional measurements for nails and brads, known as their penny size, and the price per pound. For this first line item, he and TJ were charging Carr for 13 pounds of twentypenny nails at the rate of 10 pence a pound. Lilly adopted a rate of one shilling for every 100 Sprigs. The correct total should have been £27–3–10½.