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Memorandum Books, 1801

1801.

Jan. 1. Gave Conrad & McMun ord. on J. Barnes for 218.90.
Jan. 1. Inclosed to D. Higginbotham for Reuben Perry 65.D.
2. Pd. ferrge. &c. at Geo. T. .5.
3. Pd. at Gadsby’s61 Alexandria lodgg. dinner &c. 5.5 servts. .75.
Pd. ferrge. &c. Geo. T. .5.
4. Pd. Mr. Langdon balance of travellg. expences 1.5.
Recd. of J. Barnes 20.50.
7. Drew on Gibson & Jefferson in favr. of the following persons
John Rogers £17– 7 57. 83
Gabriel Lilly 9– 7– 10  =  31. 30 for leather &c.
Joseph Brand 17– 2– 0 = 57. in part only
Francis Walker 14– 3– 9 = 47. 30 balce. of £48. for TMRandolph
Saml. Dyer 53– 0– 0 = 176. 67 ante Nov. 20. for J. Perry
Richd. Richardson  165– 1– 0 = 550. 16
276– 1– 7 = 920. 26
Note the money to Richard Richardson was for the following.
Henry Duke. hire of { Simon £21– 10
Stepney 20– 10
 
Edmd. Goodwin admr. of Dickeson’s estate  { John 16– 16
Isaac 16– 1
the Widow Duke Mat 20– 0
Hendrick’s estate Moses 20– 0
R. Richardson for Joe 19– 0
do. for himself on acct. 31– 4
 550.16 =  £165– 1
Pd. Tunnicliff62 hire of a horse to Mount Vernon 3.D.
8. Recd. from J. Barnes three checks on bank US. in favr.
 Joseph Roberts 73.D. Dr. Davd. Jackson 166.50
N. G. Dufief63 4.D. = 243. 50
recd. from him also cash    5.
248. 50
9. Inclosed to Joseph Roberts the sd. check for 73.D. to pay for stoves.
Inclosed to Dr. Jackson do. for 166.50. This is on acct. of Dr. Wardlaw and Wm. Davenport ante Nov. 21.
Inclosed to N. G. Dufief Phila. do. 4.D. for books.
13. Drew on Gibson and Jefferson in favor of James Lyle agent of Kippen & co. for 1000.D. payable the first week in April when the money for my tobo. of 99. becomes due.
15. Desired J. Barnes to remit 920.26 to G. Jefferson to answer my draughts of Jan. 7. which he does by directing G. Jefferson to apply to my use 535.83 recd. by G. Jefferson from the Jas. river co. for W. Short in exchange for which he transfers that sum of my money in his hands (J.B.’s) to W. Short, and he remits the balance 384.43 in bank bills to G. Jefferson.
Gave a coachman .50.
Jan. 16. My tobo. of 1799. with a hhd. due from the inspectors is sold by G. Jefferson to McMurdo & Fisher at 6.D. payable Apr. 1.
it comes to £813–19–9 but this includes 902. ℔ =   £16–  4–9
of Mr. J. W. Eppes’s, so that my part is 797– 15–
813– 19–9
 
20. Gave a driver .25. 21. Gave servt. 4.D.
22. J. Holmes (my workman) died on the 14th. inst.
27. Gave in charity 10.D.
28. Drew on Gibson & Jefferson in favr. of Lyttleton W. Tazewell for 1000.D. payable 1st. week of April towards discharge of my bonds ante 1797. Jan. 20. to Wakelyn Welch.
29. Inclosed to Gabriel Lilly an order on Dr. Wardlaw for £20. See ante Nov. 21.
31. Paid washing to this day 12.D.
Recd. of J. Barnes 20.D.
Feb. 1. Authorised Gibson & Jefferson to retain 450.D. of the money they are to recieve for my tobo. (ante Jan. 16) the 1st. of April, and apply it to the credit of TMRandolph.
Gave a servt. .25.
2. Gave a driver .25.
3. Recieved from Colo. John Hoomes of the Bowling green a bay horse, Wildair, 7. y. old, 16. hands high, for which I am to pay him 300.D. May 1.64
Gave the servt. an order on J. Barnes for 20.D. for his expences & trouble.
5. Drew on J. Barnes in favr. of Conrad & McMun for 259.50 in full for the month of January.65
7. Gave Thomas 2.D.
9. Paid for a ticket to a lecture on astronomy 1.D.
11. Recd. from J. Barnes 15.D.
12. Charge TMRandolph 550. ℔ tobo. of Monticello prized in his hhd. See Gabriel Lilly’s lre. of Feb. 6.
13. My crop of tobo. made in Bedford last year, after taking out the overseer’s part amounts to 32,459 ℔ in 21. hhds. averaging 1545 ⅔ ℔ each. The lightest 1342. heaviest 1719 ℔s.
16. 66 Gave in charity an order on J. Barnes for 30.D.
19. Pd. for spunges .75.
21. Pd. washing 5. gave a boy .5.
26. Pd. washing 1.5 charity 5.
Recd. of J. Barnes 35.
27.
Pd. Wm. Duane for Aurora  for myself   5.
for TMR 5.
 
28. Gave in charity 1.D.—do. 1.D.
Pd. Genl. Varnum for the  Chronicle 3.
Telegraph 3.
Mar. 1. Recd. of J. Barnes 60.D.
2. Pd. Genl. S. Smith67 for clover seed for TMR 59.50.
Gave Conrad & McMun ord. on Mr. Barnes for 250.67.
Pd. coach hire 1.5.
March 5. 68 Gave John Minchin ord. on J. Barnes for 9.25.
6. Gave a servt. .5.
9. Paid J. Brown for the Palladium 2.5.
Recd. of J. Barnes 10. eagles = 100.D.
12. Edward Maher comes into my service @ 12.D. pr. month & 2 suits.69
13. Gave in charity 2.25.
14. 15. Expences to & from Alexandria 7.67.70
18. Joseph Rapin comes into my service as steward @ 100 Guineas a year for himself & his wife as femme de charge.
19. Recd. of J. Barnes 30. gave vales at Conrad’s 15.D.
20. Pd. a barber 1.D.
24. Agreed with James Oldham71 to go to Monticello as house joiner @ 240.D. a year & his expences going.
 
25. Pd. Minchin for a pr. shoes 3.50.
Recd. of J. Barnes 25.D.
28. Gave in charity 10.D. do. 20.D.
Recd. of J. Barnes 75.D.
31.
Recd. of J. Barnes   250. D.
 he also sends 950. D.  to Gibson & Jeff. for me
1200.
 also 3. 72
1203. 72
Gave in charity 1.D.—pd. Minchin for boot tops 2.D.
Pd. servants, to wit M. Murphy 10.D.
Joseph Daugherty72 14.
Edward Maher 12.
Gave John 5.D.
Apr. 1. Paid the barber 1.D. for washing 2.D. set out for Monticello.
Georgetown. ferrge. .375.
Wren’s. breakfast &c. 1.625.
Fairfx. C. H. oats &c. .33.
2. Brown’s lodging &c. 3.29 vales .25.
Shoemaker’s breakfast 1. vales .25.
Herring’s73 15.D. for 12 days board of servt. & 2. horses, viz. @ .50 pr. horse & .25 servt.
3. Strode’s vales .5.
Orange C. H. oats 1.33 vales .25.
4. Mr. Madison’s vales .50.
Gordon’s. servts. lodging &c. 2.D.
Edgehill. Goliah’s ferrge. .25 27.D.
Gave in Charity 12.D.
5. Small exp. 2.25.
6. Gave John Watson ord. on Gibs. & Jefferson for 600.D. for corn ante Oct. 14.
Paid Walter Key for himself & Mrs. Key 131.75 in full for corn last year.
Paid Burk the taylor for myself 5.D. for T. Jefferson 2.5.
7. Pd. Small exp. 5.D.
 
8. Gave Phill for ferrge. at Milton .25.
Note the wine from Yznardi is 34. bottles Pacharetti 55. do. Ruota Tenta.74
9. Pd. for 3. shads 1.25.
11. Pd. Wirtenbaker for Thos. & Nancy Jefferson75 2.D.
Pd. Davy Bowles 8.72 small exp. .375.
12. Pd. Gabr. Lilly for Huckstept 800. ℔ fodder 40/ a shoat 75. ℔ 25/.
Pd. do. for Mr. Higginbotham for a horse £22.
£ {  Primas, Micajah, Billy
Gave my bonds to Christopher Smith Louisa for  142. hire of   Jamey, Frank
 Israel, Jacob.
Hancock Allen Albem. 40. hire of Myntas & Ben.
Abraham Johnson. do. 19. hire of Joshua.
201. payable Jan. 1. 1802.
Apr. 13. Pd. sm. exp. 2.D.
Gave Robt. Hemings ord. on Gibson & Jefferson for 22.D. for James Oldham’s expences.
14. James Oldham (ante Mar. 24.) begins to work.
15. Gave William & Julius Clarkson ord. on Gibson & Jefferson for £9–8–4 = 31.39 for an acct. due them.
Pd. John Rogers 147. ℔ beef @ 4½d & 4. shoats @ 7/6 £4–5–1. Note there is some whiskey & nails unsettled.
17. Desired Gibson & Jefferson to pay Colo. Carrington76 for Matthew Rhodes collector of the direct tax of this county 30.D. the direct tax of W. Short’s land for last year.
Also to pay Jones & Pleasants this year & every year for their papers.
Small exp. in advance 8.D.
Drew on J. Barnes in favr. Colo. John Hoomes for 300.D. payable the 1st. week of May (see ante Feb. 3.).
Recd. of Gideon Morgan £8–2 in full of balance of old nail acct.
Pd. my sister Carr 19.D. being a half year’s interest of the £150. ante Oct. 11. 99. & Nov. 22. 1800.
18. Dr. Bache’s77 acct. amounting to £36–0–7 I have credited him that sum for services rendered my brother but charge nothing of it to my brother, as it is meant as a favor to both.
Sm. exp. 1/6.
19. Pd. Gabriel Lilly on account £9.
Sm. exp. 1.125.
20. The following is the list of my tobo. made at Monticello the last year.
T.I. No.  1.  151.  1549
2. 162. 1388
3. 150. 1556
4. 160. 1378
5. 149. 1513
6. 163. 1318
7. 161. 1326
10,028
Gave Gabriel Lilly for his expences to Staunton 34/.
Recd. from J. W. Eppes the following horses bought for me
from Bell. 300.D.  paiable June 16. 6.y. old last spring
2. from Shore  800. paiable July 12. 8. do.
from Haxhall 500. paiable July 16. 6. do. Wildair.78
Chas. Lively has an order on me from Richardson for £8. to be settled in his rent of last year. He has also a bond of R. Richardson’s for £23. due next Oct. which he wishes me to stop.
Recd. from John McDowell on acct. nails £13–17.
Pd. Davy Bowles  his expences to & from Eppington  7. 04
his services 8. days 4.
11. 04
Sent by D. Bowles to Oglesby & Bacon amount of my inspection acct. for tobo. of 1799. & 1800. 24.D.
Recd. J. Kelly’s acct. from Mar. 2. 1799. to Apr. 15. 1801. Balance due him £23–16–2.
Recd. J. Watson’s accts. for <Brydie> Wm. Brown & co. from 1799. Dec. 12. to 1801. Mar. 28. Balance due him £43–2–4.
Note in this acct. is a charge of £5–3. for Reuben Perry & 21/ for things furnished Nancy Jefferson.
I have bought 95. barrels of corn of Wm. Barbee to be delivered to J. H. Craven @ 3.D. paiable June 10. Mr. Yancey & Garrett the sheriffs are to furnish me all the money they can collect in that time, to be put into the hands of J. Watson, for as much then to be paid them in Richmd. & Doctr. Wardlaw with about 100.D. for as much then to be pd. Dr. Jackson in Phila. I have authorised Wm. Barbee to draw these monies from J. Watson from time to time as he recieves them to the amount of his corn.
Apr. 21. Inclosed the Manifests of my 7. hhds. tobo. noted ante yesterday to Gibson & Jeff. and notified them of Mr. Eppes’s draughts on them for paimt. for the horses as before, for which I will provide.
22. Sent Edwd. Butler for tayloring by TMR 2.5.
23. Gave in charity 2.D.
24. Settled with R. Richardson for work subsequent to Nov. 23. with the intervening orders, & Lively’s £8. ante Apr. 20. and an order now given him on Gibson & Jefferson for £16–11–1 and a balance of £40. remains due to him.
Joseph Brand has not drawn from Gibson & Jefferson the £17–2s ante Jan. 7. therefore settled with him an additional account & gave him an order on them for the whole balance to wit £31–5–9 which includes the £17–2 before mentd.
Gibson & Jefferson certify that wheat sold in Richmd. on the 1st. inst. @ 12/ cash, so I am entitld. to 10/6 from Mr. Higginbotham.
25. Gave TMR’s Isaac .25 Martin 3.D.
Pd. G. Lilly for Mrs. Sneed 6.D. for Johnson .75.
On settlement with Gabriel Lilly there is due to him £18–0–10.
26. Left Monticello.
Defoe’s oats 1.D.
Gordon’s dinner &c. 2.25.
27. Mr. Madison’s vales .5 Orange C. H. Verdier.79 breakft. &c. 34/6 = 5.75.
Or. C. H. shoeing horse 7/ vales .25.
Rappidan .25.
Stevensbg. Zimmerman’s dinner &c. 15/9 vales .25.
28. Strode’s vales .5 Herring’s 3.5 Norman’s ford .65.
Elkrun church 1.5 vales .25.
29. Brown’s 7.3 vales .25 Wren’s 2. Geo. T. ferrge. 1.04.
Arrived at Washington. Whole exp. amount as above to 31.01.
 
30. Gave Davy Bowles for services & exp. 10. do. for Herring .5.
May 1. Gave in charity 1.5 D.
3. Recd. from J. Barnes 20.D.
4. Gave in charity 2.D.
5. Pd. washing 1.D.
On settlement with J. Barnes to Apr. 25. the
debets are 2276.685
Cr. by salary for Mar. & Apr.  4000.
balance in his hands 1723.29580
May 5. Recd. of J. Barnes 30.D.
Gave Rapin an order on J. Barnes for 200.D. to wit
 a month’s wages for  himself 40.
Julien81 25.
Joseph 14.  +  2 for drink
Edward 12  + 2
Christopher 12  + 2
Maria 8  + 1
Jack scullion  8  + 1
on account 73.
200.
Recd. of J. Barnes 350.125 D.
7. Remitted the 350.125 to Colo. T. Newton of Norfolk to pay for a pipe of Madeira.82
Gave in Charity 20.D.
10. Gave do. 2 D.
11. On settlement of M. Rapin’s accts. from Mar. 20. to May 9.
they are as follow. £  s    d D
for  provisions 80– 14–  7  =  215.68
wood 41– 2–  0 = 109.08
miscellanies 18– 7–  3½ = 48.98
servants 72– 0–  0 = 192.00
212– 3– 10½ = 565.84
D
Cr.  Apr. 8.  By cash of J. B.83 50.
22.  do. 50.
 at other times 180 
May 5.  By my ord. on do.  200  180– 0–  0 = 480.00
480 
 
Gave him order now on J. Barnes for balce. 32– 3– 10½ = 85.85
Note Mr. Barnes accts. moreover contain considble. supplies of provisions, to wit groceries &c.
Gave in charity 4.D.
Recd. of J. Barnes a check on the bank of US. for 51.25 payable to James Stewart, Phila. Cedar Street betw. 3d. & 4th.
12. Remitted the sd. Check to James Stewart, who is father-in-law of John Holmes decd. being the balance due him.
My tobo. is sold by Gibson & Jefferson for 7.D. Cwt. payable Aug. 24. See their lre. of May 7. Being 28 hhds. 42,487. ℔, see ante Feb. 13. Apr. 20., comes to 2974.09 D.
Recd. of J. Barnes 50.D.
Remitted to G. Jefferson 50.D. to repay my order ante Oct. 23. which he did not place in my acct. with his house.
Gave Colin Wills ord. on J. Barnes for 12.D. for newspapers.84
14. J. Barnes remits for me to Colo. J. Hoomes 300.D. ante Apr. 17.
Gave in charity 2.D.—do. 2.D.
16. Do. 1.D.
17. Recd. from J. B. 10.1.
Rapin’s accts. May 11—16. for provisions 23– 2– 9  =  61.70
 error of addition in servts. accts. rendd. May 11. 7– 7– 6 = 19.67
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes accordingly for balce.  30– 10– 3 = 81.37
18. Pd. ferriage & ferrymen at George town crossing and recrossing .75.
May 19. Gave  Fontrees ord. on J. Barnes for the following sums
Virga. currcy.
for himself for his waggon 14. days @ 3.33 D. & ferriages £15– 1 –0
for Richd. Price85 bringing the Phaeton 13. days @ 2.D. 8– 8 –0
for do. for his acct. against my brother for Thos. & Nancy 15– 3 –0
for Gabriel Lilly the balance I owe him 18– 0 –0
189.67 =  56– 12
Gave in charity 4.D.—gave do. 2.D.—do. 2.D.
22. Recd. from J. Barnes 10.D. gave in charity 2.D.
24. Gave in charity 2.D.
25. Rapin’s accts. May 17—23 for provisions £34–19–3 = 93.23 D.
Gave him an ord. on J. Barnes accordingly for 93.33.
 
Joseph Daugherty’s stable exp.
 Apr. 19—May 12 23.65
 Feb. 28 & Mar. 3. omitted before  34.87  58.52
Articles of groceries furnished or procured by J. Barnes from May 2. to May 18. appear to be about 479.13.
Gave in charity 2.D.
26. J. Barnes remits 184.D. for me to Daniel Trump for sashes.86
27. John Kramer comes into my service at 12.D. a month + 2.D. for drink, 2 suits of clothes & a pair of boots.
28. Gave in charity to James T. Callendar 50.D.87
Gave in charity 2.D.
31. Recd. of J. Barnes 15.D.
June 1. J. Barnes remits for me to Gibson & Jefferson 679.84.
Drew on Gibson & Jefferson in favor of Richard Richardson for £40. Virga. currcy. = 133.33 the balance ante Apr. 24.
Rapin’s accts. May 25—30. for  provisions      £33–2–  6½  =  88. 33
wood 4– 10 = 12.
 a month’s wages of servts. & some arrearages  195. 17
 gave him order on J. Barnes for the amount 295. 50
Note the servts. wages are as follow
M. Rapin. Apr. 18. to June 4. 47. days 62. 67
M. Julien May 4. to June 4. 25.
Joseph Daugherty do. 16.
Christopher Severman do. 14.
Edwd. Maher do. 14.
Maria Murphy do. 9.
the garçon de cuisine Apr. 26.—May 26.  8 
the cook woman Mar. 20. to May 20. 30.
John Kramer from May 27. to June 4. 5. 50
 
John (Baker’s)88 May 4. to June 4. 10.
Capt. L.’s man89 half a month’s drink 1.   195.17
2. Drew on Gibson & Jefferson in favr. of John Watson for Wm. Barbee ante Apr. 20. for 285. dollars. See post June 17.
Pd. a year’s subscription to Dinmore’s circulating library90 5.D.
3. Pd. Edward Frethy the barber 3.75.
Gave Dr. Bache ord. on J. Barnes for 20.D. in loan.
5. Recd. of J. Barnes 5.D.
8. Recieved of J. Barnes 10.D.
Gave in charity 4.D.
June 9.
Rapin’s accts. from May 31.—June 6.  provisions 22– 13–  =  60.46
charcoal 5– 1– 3 = 13.50
 gave him accordingly an order on J. Barnes for  27– 14– = 73.96
Drew ord. on J. Barnes in favor Lora for 20.D. charity 2. mendicant friars.
Recd. from J. Barnes 50.D.
10. Gave in charity 4.D.—do. 2 D.
Gave in Charity 20.D.
13. Gave in charity 1.D.
14. Do. 1.D.

15.
£
Rapin’s accts. June 7.—13.  provisions 21– 11–  =  57. 57
servants 3– 15– 0 = 10.
wood 2– 5– 0 = 6.
contingencies  3– 1– 3 = 8. 17
 gave ord. accordly. on J. Barnes for 30– 13–  ½ = 81. 74
 
Gave in charity 2.D.
Desired J. Barnes to remit 400.D. to Philadelphia subject to the order of Andrew Dinsmore at Kennett near Wilmington Delaware, to be charged to James Dinsmore.
16. Small expences 10.D.—gave in charity 1.D.
Gave Fontrees an order on J. Barnes for 13.D. in full for carrying 3. barr. of fish now in addition to the 11. barr. taken at his former trip, & part deposited on the road & now to be taken & carried.
17. Dr. Wardlaw has paid to John Watson 100.D. for me. Consequently Watson will leave 100.D. of the 285.D. ante June 2. in the hands of G. Jefferson to my credit. I am to pay for Dr. Wardlaw to Dr. Jackson 112.90 charging surplus to Dr. Wardlaw.
Recd. of J. Barnes 100.D.
Inclosed to J. Perry 50.D. in a Pensva. bank bill.
Inclosed to Reub. Perry 50.D. in an US. branch bank bill of N. Y.
18. Charity 2.D.
Gave Smith the stage driver ord. on J. Barnes for 10.D.
19. Charity 3.D.—do. 1.D.
20. Gave ord. on G. Jefferson for 50.D. in favr. of Wm. Duval as a charity to Genl. Lawson.

22.
£
Rapin’s accts. from June 14—20.  provisions 22– 0–  =  58.70
charcoal 4– 17– 6 = 13.
contingencies  4– 19– 4 = 13.25
 gave ord. on J. Barnes for amount 31– 17– 1 = 84.95
Charity 2.D.
23. Do. 2.D.
24. Jos. Daugherty’s acct. for the stable from May 15.—June 20.
D
    servants assisting 8.
    provender 18. 23
    miscellanies 14. 05  repairs, utensils
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amt. =  40. 28
25. Gave ord. on J. Barnes for 25.D. towards fitting up a chapel91 for Mr. Austin, payable to George D. S. Handy.
26. Pd. Petty post for a month’s lres. 2.86.
 
Gave ord. on J. Barnes for 52.D. for 13. Bar. herrings in favr. Sam. Carr.
27. Pd. for a boot jack .75.
28. Recd. from J. Barnes 60.D.
June 29.
Rapin’s accts. June 21—27  Provisions 36– 9– 11  =  97. 33
100. bush. charcoal  4– 17–  6 = 13.
miscellanies 8–  4½ = 1. 11
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amount 41– 15–  9½ = 111. 44
Pd. Joseph Daugherty stable exp. June 1—25. 4.935 D.
Gave in charity 5.D.—do. 2.D.
July 2. Pd. Edwd. Frethey, barber, for June 5.D.
Gave charity 1.D.—do. 2.D.

6.
£ D.
Rapin’s accts. June 28—July 4.  Provisions 22– 9–  =  59. 92
coal  4–17–6 } 18– 7– 6 = 49.
wood  13–10–0 
miscell. 1– 0– = 2. 75
 <gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amt.> 41– 17– 6 = 111. 67
Joseph Daugherty’s stable accts.  forage 10. 5
smith 2. 875
contingencies  . 375
 gave him order on J. Barnes for amt. 13. 75
Servants’ wages.  Julien 25 
Mde. Julien 8 
Joseph Daugherty wages 14. drink  2.  16 
John Kramer 12. 2. 14 
Edwd. Maher 14 
Christopher Severman 14 
John 10 
Maria Murphy 9.
Elizabeth 9.
Jack, scullion for 14. days 5. 20
Noel garçon de cuisine 12 2. 9.
his expences from Philada.  15.
Abraham drink 2 
150. 20
This makes the regular establishmt. of the servants  135. D.  per month,
 besides liveries, & board, & besides Rapin’s 40. D.
175.
Gave Rapin order on J. Barnes for 111.67 + 150.20 = 261.87 D.
Recieved from J. Barnes a treasury draught on E. Carrington for 1500.D.
Remitted the same to Gibson & Jefferson to meet J. Eppes’s draughts for 800.D. payable to Shore & 500.D. to Haxhall, ante Apr. 20. the balance to my account.
8. On settlement with J. Barnes to the 6th. inst. I am in his debt 757.D. to which add 2. draughts of same day for 13.75 & 261.87 not entd. in the acct.
Now draw on J. Barnes in favr. of Joseph Rapin 40.D. for his last month’s wages forgotten to be included in the draught of the 6th.
Note in these accounts of Mr. Barnes are articles of
stable expences 65. 2 }  during June
groceries 105. 425 
miscellanies of house expence    57. 265
Gave S. H. Smith ord. on J. Barnes for James Oldham 5.17 + 5.D. for his paper to TMR. <+ the cost of his last year’s volume.>
Recd. from J. Barnes in bills of US. banks 150.D.
Remitted 100.D. do. to Reuben Perry and 50.D. to Gabriel Lilly.
10. Gave Henry Ingle ord. on J. Barnes for 32.40 for ironmongery.
Gave in Charity 1.D.
Gave Rapine & Conrad92 ord. on J. Barnes for 76.D. for books.
July 11. Gave Thos. Claxton ord. on J. Barnes for 272.98 D. for silver & plated ware & sundries bot. for me in Phila.93
13.
Rapin’s accts. July 5—11  Provisions 31– 0–  =  82. 73
servts. 11– = 1. 57
Miscellanies  7– = . 93
 gave him order on J. Barnes for amt. 31– 19– 2 = 85. 23
Daugherty’s stable accts. May 22—July 10.  forage 67. 87
 smith 2. 77
 conting. 2.
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amt. 72. 64
 

14.
Gave ord. on J. Barnes  for  5.D.  charity.
Gave do. on do. for 10.D.  do.
Recd. of J. Barnes 630.D.
Inclosed & delivered 600. of them to Thos. Walker for Craven Peyton in part paiment of the shares of the Henderson’s lands he has purchased for me.94
Gave Thos. Walker order on J. Barnes for 8.D. his expences.
16. Gave in Charity 10.D.
17. Do. 1.D.
18. Expences to & from Mt. Vernon 9.16 D.

20.
£   s  d D  
Rapin’s accts. July 11—16  Provisions 17– 9–  5½  =  46.60
fuel 1– 4–  4½ = 3.25
miscellanies  1– 8–  1½ 3.75
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amt. 20– 1– 11½ = 53.60
Daugherty’s stable accts.  forage      13.83
sadler 3.12
 gave him order on J. Barnes for amt.  16.95
Gave in charity 4.D.—do. 4 D.
Recd. of J. Barnes 20.D.
 
21. Gave in charity 1.D.
Drew ord. on J. Barnes in favr. Edwd. Eno for 50.D. my subscription towards a market house.95
22. Mr. Barnes is to remit immediately 112.90 to Doctr. Jackson on acct. of Dr. Wardlaw ante June 17.
23. Gave in Charity 20.D. do. 2.D.
Gave Jones and Kain ord. on J. Barnes for 67.D. for painting, & repairing Phaeton.
25. Pd. Petty post 3.D.
26. Pd. ferrge. &c. to and from Mr. Mason’s isld.96 1.70.
28.
Rapin’s accts. July 19—25  Provisions 79.13  =  29– 13– 7
contingencies  5.58 = 2– 1– 9
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amt. 84.71 = 31– 15– 4
Daugherty’s stable accts. July 13—26.  forage  13.83
smith 1.52
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amt. 15.35
Recd. of J. Barnes 310.D.
Gave Rapin & Conrad ord. on J. Barnes for 13.08.
Inclosed to F. Peyton for a pair of horse nettings 10.D.
Gave Henry Ingle ord. on J. Barnes for 5.61.
29. Gave Jones and Kain ord. on do. for 16.D.
Recd. of J. Barnes 20.D. small silver & 250.D. draught on bk. US.
Inclosed the 250.D. to Gibson & Jefferson to cover Duke’s & Ast’s demands.97
29. Gave Frethy (barber) ord. on J. Barnes for 5.D.
July 30. Geo. T. ferry 1.40.
Fairfx. C. H. breakft. &c. 3.33.
31. Brown’s dinner lodging &c. 7.375 vales .25.
Elkrun church. breakft. &c. 2.29 vales .50.
Aug. 1. Herring’s servants & horses 3.125 vales there & at Strode’s 1.25.
Stevensburg .125.
Orange C. H. breakft. &c. 3.17.
 
2. Gordon’s dinner, lodging &c. 9.31 whole amount of travellg. exp. 31.D.98
Arrived at Monticello.
3. Small exp. 12.D. do. 2.25.
4. Pd. Dinsmore on account 3. half Joes 24.D.
5. Lent Gabr. Lilly 100.D.
6. Recd. from F. Peyton 5.D. of the 10.D. inclosed him ante July 28.
Paid Davis,99 postmaster at Charlottesville for 2. years of Bee 2.D.
9. Small exp. 8.D.—do. to W. Beck .5.
10. Gave Phill for exp. to & from Mrs. Marks’s 1.D.
Recd. from Jas. Dinsmore for nails 2.33.
Repd. G. Lilly for mendg. waggon 2.5.
11.
Pd. R. J.’s1 Squire  for 25¼ quarts of white clover seed @ 1/6 £1–17–10½
for  9¼ do. for P. Carr 13/10½.
Gave Price’s man .5.
13. Inclosed to Henry Duke an ord. on Gibson for £47–15 with int. from Sep. 3. 1800. till paid. Same as ante July 29.
Gave in Charity 4.D.
Pd.  Petty for 67. ℔ veal @ 6d 34/4.
15. Pd. W. Beck for setting lime kiln 2. days 2.D.
17. Gave Jame Hubbard2 for expences to Poplar Forest 1.D.
£ s   d
Charge J. Dinsmore cash recd. for nails from B.  Franklin 1– 9–  2
Powers 1– 11
Henning3   6 
1– 17–  1
Pd. Wm. Clarke portage of groceries &c. 54/ + 3/11 over.
Recd. of Joseph Price 5/6 which with sundries furnished me pays his rent of £6 for 1800. Credit therefore £6. to W. Short.
18. Paid John Perry on account 80.D.
Gave Lilly to pay for 10. gall. whiskey 42/6.
Pd. small exp. 1.D.
 
21. Recd. of Alexander Garrett £27–7–1 to be repaid in Richmd.
22. Paid Sylvanus Meeks for poplar plank 2.D.
Lent Gabriel Lilly £20.
Paid John Peyton for Reuben Perry £3–18 for work £5–2 for W. Johnson 16/ = £9–16s.
23. Paid  Chisholm for plaistering &c. in full £4–10.
Paid small exp. 3.D.
25. Paid my sister Carr 6. mo. int. of her £150 19.D.
26. Recd. of Alexr. Garrett £5–17–4.
27. Recd. of do. £28–17–3.
Gave John 5.D.

28.
D 
Desired J. Barnes to pay Mr.  Taylor of Norfolk for 2. pipes wine4 700.
H. Sheaff for wine5 553. 80
Roberts & Jones for nail rod 268. 12
1521. 92
29. Recd. from Joel Yancey 100.D. to be repd. in Richmd.
Paid Thos. Kindred for water carriage 14.75.6
Sep. 4. Paid  Jones for 97. ℔ beef @ 3½d 28/3.
Gave in Charity 4.D.
6. Pd. small exp. 6.10.
7. Recd. of J. H. Craven 209 ℔ beef @ 4½d of which Moran7 takes 69. ℔ from me.
Recd. of do. 3200. ℔ fodder.
10. Pd.  Jones for 47. ℔ beef @ 3½d 13/6.
Pd. W. Beck for 7. days burning lime kiln 7.D. his attendant .50.
11. Pd. Reuben Perry on acct. 3.D.
Bought 45. Bar. corn of him @ 15/ payable on delivery in Nov. or Dec.
Sep. 12. Wrote to Gibson & Jefferson to remit 1000.D. to J. Barnes.
14. Pd. Jones for 49. ℔ beef @ 3½d 18/ which is 3/6 over.
15. Pd. Matthew Rhodes federal tax for my chair 2.D.
 
16. Pd. Reuben Perry on account 25.D.
18. Recd. of P. Carr the 13/10½ ante Aug. 11.
Pd. Tarlton Woodson 2.81 for a ticket of Tinsley’s in my suit v. Ronald8 brought by Hanson.
Pd. him also Tinsley’s ticket 8.40 D. against Mr. Wayles’s estate for a copy of Gilliam’s bill in chancery9 against us, furnished to our lawyers.
Note I have recd. another copy of the same bill for the purpose of answering, cost also 8.40 D. which charge the estate likewise.
19. Pd. James Hemings a month & a half’s wages 30.D.10
20. Pd. Mrs. Suddarth11 for medecine &c. to a woman 3.D.
Recd. from Joel Yancey 271.37 cash, which with the 100.D. ante Aug. 29. and 11.15 taxes on my lands in Fredsville. make 382.52 for which sum I now give him an order on Gibson & Jefferson.
Cash now in hand 369.67 D.
Pd. sm. exp. 3.50.
21. Pd. David Isaacs for beef in full @ 4½d 10.67.
22. Pd. sm. exp. 1.D.
Recd. of John H. Craven 1100. ℔ fodder @ 5/ & 1925. @ 4/6.
23. Pd. Jones for 42 ℔ beef 8/6.
Pd. contribution at a sermon 7.20.
Pd. Sm. exp. 4.D.
 
24. Settled with Alexr. Garrett for St. Anne’s parish as follows
land tax St. Anne’s now paiable 12.97
[poll?] & horse tax 34.28
county & parish levy 42.56 89. 81
clerk’s tickets 8. 29
tax of Hardware limestone land12 . 80
tax of W. Short’s land 10. 24
Saml. Dyer’s ord. for charity to Standard  10.
Cash ante Aug. 21. 26. 27. 206. 95
for which amount gave him ord. on Gibson & Jeff.  326. 09
Pd. sm. exp. 5.50.
Bot. of Reuben Perry 1056. ℔ fodder @ 5/ & 356. ℔ @ 4/6.
26. Paid Steward13 the smith on account 30.25.
Settled with Reuben Perry in full to this day & paid him £5–12–5½ the balance due him.
On settlement with Bowling Clarke on the 31st. of Octob. 1800 I owed him £136–15–1. I now inclose him an order on Gibson & Jefferson for that sum & a year’s interest £8–4–1 making £144–19–2 payable Nov. 1.
Recd. from Alexr. Garrett 201.29 whereupon took back from him the draught of the 24th. inst. for 326.09 & gave him one on the same persons for 527.38.
Gave Mrs. Randolph for houshold exp. 20.D.
Pd. Gabriel Lilly for things bougt. £5–6–3.
Left with do. for Mrs. Key for corn in full 168.20.
Left with do. for Mr. Moran on acct. £39–19–5.
Sep. 26. Gave an order for 50.D. in favr. John Sneed on Gibson & Jefferson in paiment of a Chickasaw colt bot. of him.
Gave an order on Gibson & Jefferson for 15.D. in favr. of Anthony Robinson for services in my arbitration with D. Ross.14
 
27. Left with Gabriel Lilly to buy lime for plaistering £5–1–8.
Left with do. for Mrs. Sneed for Sally 3.D.15
Paid Wanshaw16 on account 20.D.
Gave in Charity 16.D.
Gordon’s dinner &c. 4.D.
28. Mr. Madison’s vales .25 Orange C. H. servts. & breakft. &c. 3.92 smith at Or. C. H. .58.
Stevensburg. dinner &c. 3.08.
29. Strode’s vales .50 Herring’s servts. &c. 1.40.
Elkrun church. breakft. &c. 2.05 smith .125.
30. Brown’s dinner lodging &c. 5.05 Centreville. Newman’s17 brkft. 3.20.
Wren’s dinner 3. Geo. Town ferrge. &c. 1.50.
Whole exp. 2. servts. 4. horses, 2 masters 28.655.
Cash in hand 60.075.
Oct. 2. Gave Christopher Severman in charity 10.D.
4. Gave in Charity 20.D.—do. 4.20.
5. Analysis of Le Maire’s accts.18
£  £   s   d
   Aug.  25. his journey from Philada. 6– 15–  0
Articles provided there 4– 15–  0 11– 10– 0
Sep. 6 12 houshold exp. 8– 0– 10
13 19 ordinary do. 9– 12– 11½
bread & flour &c.  10– 6–  6 19– 19–  5½
20 26. hhd. exp. 22– 17–  9½
27 30. do. 9– 13–  2 60– 11– 3
Oct. 1  3 do. 13– 3– 5
227.17 = 85– 4– 6
 
Servant’s wages from Sep. 4. to Oct. 4.
M. Le Maire 30 
M. Julien 25 
Me. Julien 8 
Joseph Daugherty  wages  14.  drink 2.       16 
Mrs. Daugherty wages 8.  drink 1. 9 
Mrs. Severman do. 9 
Edward Maher. wages 12.  drink 2 14.
John Cramer do. 14.
Noel do. 14.
139 
Mr. Lemaire from Aug. 25. to Sep. 4. 10 
149 
 add as above 227. 17
 gave Le Maire ord. on J. Barnes for 376. 17
Joseph Daugherty’s accounts for  John Ott19 buff ball &c. .675
Mr. Roberts a brush .25
Rowles 20. bush. bran 5 .
Jones & Kain repairs to waggon & Phaeton  15 .50
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amount 21 .425
Analysis of accounts left by Rapin
houshold exp. from  July 26—31.           68. 74
do. Aug. 1—Sep. 6 150. 21
his journey to & from Philada. 32.
for tinning vessels 13. 45
Mr. Gilpin for Lear for liqueurs & preserves20    22. 58
which sum is now due him 286. 98
desired Mr. Barnes to pay it.
Oct. 5. Gave in charity 1.D.
6. Pd. mending & cleaning clock 2.D.
Gave Edward Maher an ord. on J. Barnes for 27.D. in lieu of his summer clothes.
Gave Abraham Gaulding an ord. on J. Barnes for 72.D. for his wages from Apr. 1. to Sep. 30. & 27.D. in lieu of summer clothes = 99.D.
 
7. Recd. from J. Barnes Columbia post notes for 1884.02 D.
8. Remitted the sd. post notes as follows to wit.
to John Watson (see ante Apr. 20.) £43–2–4 =   143. 75
to David Higginbotham for Brown Rives & co. 500.
to Craven Peyton for Henderson’s land
 (see ante July 14) 1240. 27
1884. 02
Repd. Joseph Daugherty exp. of 2 horses at Stille’s21 last night 1.75.
Gave in charity 2.D.
9. Gave Edward Maher ord. on J. Barnes for 12.D. He goes away.
11. Recd. of J. Barnes 15.D.
Lemaire’s accts. from Oct. 4—10   Provisions 48. 66
48.6634 = 1.4322 servts. clothes   2.
Miscellanies 1.
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for 51. 66  = £19–7–5
Daugherty’s stable exp. for the last week for corn 17.D. for which gave him order on J. Barnes.
12. Gave George Andrews23 ord. on J. Barnes for 20.50 D. for 82. Metops and roses for Dining room at .25 each.
13. Gave Thos. Claxton ord. on J. Barnes for 204.D. for 4. doz. chairs.24
14. Gave in charity 2.D.
17. Do. 2.D.
 
19.
Le Maire’s accts. from Oct. 10—17  Provisions 37– 10–  =  100. 02
100.0253 =  1.90 Stores of do.  12– 15– 0 = 34 
servts. 3– 16– 4 = 10. 18
54– 1– = 144. 20
Daugherty’s stable exp. to Oct. 17
forage. 6.
repairs &c.   6. 375
servts. 13. 22
25. 595
22. Pd. John H. Barney for portage from Philada. of a quarter of veal 7.25 D. Note it was sent me by Fry & Coleman butchers. At 115. days old it weighd. 438 ℔ living & 315 ℔ dressed.
23. Gave Joseph Daugherty ord. on J. Barnes for drayage of 1000.b. coal 21.80 D.
24. Gave in charity 5.D.
25. Pd. for ribbon .15.
D
Le Maire’s accts. from Oct. 18—20.   Provisions 60. 07
60.0738 = 1.58 servants 1 
Miscellanies   11.
72. 07
26. Gave Conrad & McMunn ord. on J. Barnes for 24.D. for a pr. of looking glasses.
27. Gave in charity 2.D.
28. Gave Lemaire ord. on J. Barnes for 144.20 + 72.07 = 216.27.
Oct. 29. Recd. of J. Barnes 29.5.
Nov. 2.
LeMaire’s accts. Oct. 25—31.   Provisions £17– 11– 0  =  46.80
fuel 5– 14– = 15.25
46.8034 = 1.346 servts. 15– = 2.06
miscellanies  13– 9 = 1.83
24– 14– 7 = 65.94
Servts. wages from Oct. 4. to Nov. 4.
Mr. Le Maire 30
M. Julien 25
Joseph Daugherty. wages  14.  drink 2.   16
John Cramer wages 12. drink 2. 14
Christopher Severman    do. 14
Abram. Galding do. 14
Noel do. 14
John Freeman wages 8. drink 2 10
Stable boy do. 10
Made. Julien 8
Mrs. Daugherty wages 8. drink 1. 9
 
Mrs. Severman do. 9 .
Ursula25 2 175.
gave Le Maire ord. on J. Barnes for 240.94
Daugherty’s stable exp.  forage 17. 17
smith 2. 82
sadler 0. 91
contingencies  . 37½
21. 275
 his account of last week not paid 25. 595
 gave him order on J. Barnes for 46. 87
3. Pd. ferrge. Geo. T. .50 gave Abram. Gaulding for expences 12.D. ferrge. Geo. T. .375.
The 1st. pipe of Brazil Madeira out. It was broached about the middle of May. Has lasted 3½ months excluding time of absence.
Gave Dr. Baker order on J. Barnes for 60.D. for 3. tons of hay.
Gave in charity 2.D.
5. Gave Mr. Austin (charity) ord. on J. Barnes for 25.D. gave charity 1.D.
6. Gave Edward Frithey ord. on J. Barnes for month’s shaving & pomatum 5.25.
Recd. of J. Barnes 20.D.
7. Gave Lemaire ord. on J. Barnes for 24.D. for John’s wages July, Aug. Sep.
D.   c.
Gave March the bookbinder ord. on J. Barnes for  176. 625.26
Gave Andrews do. for 2.49 D. charges of packing Doric composition ornaments.

9.
£    s d
Lemaire’s accounts Nov. 1—7   Provisions 37– 18– 7  =  101. 14
Stores of do. 15– 15– 0 = 42.
101.1434 = 2.974 fuel 9– 15– 0 = 26.
contingencies  6– 7– 6 = 17.
69– 16– 1 = 186. 14
 La Bille, upholsterer for taking down & up curtains 16. 50
 gave Le Maire ord. on J. Barnes for amount 202. 64
 
Daugherty’s stable exp.  forage 27. 23
smith 3. 125
Sadler   . 875
 gave order on J. Barnes for 31. 23
Inclosed to Colo. Newton of Norfolk 20.75 to repay him freight27 paid for me.
10. Recd. back from Abram. Galdin of the money given him Nov. 3. 1.60.
14. Gave in charity 1.D.
16. Do. 2.D.
An Analysis of houshold and stable expences for 6. months, to wit May 1—Oct. 31.
Houshold Stable Total
 provisions  fuel servants contingencies Monthly forage smith sadler contingent Monthly  Monthly
May    310. 68 12. 165. 17 487. 85 21. 12 11  32. 12 519. 97
June 304. 03 70. 160. 20 23. 90 558. 13 19. 32 3. 74 3. 74 4. 375 31. 175  589. 305
July 307. 16 27. 75 176. 67 11. 63 523. 1128 100. 78 5. 72 3. 12 2. 111. 62 634. 73
*Aug. 150. 21 175. 13. 45 338. 66 10. 712 349. 372
5. 15. 50 . 925
*Sep. 209. 17 149. 358. 17 10. 712 368. 882
Oct. 289. 55 287. 05 365. 46 12. 83 954. 89 61. 67 13. 1. 82 . 75 77. 24 1032. 13
1570. 80 396. 80 1191. 4028 61. 81 3220. 81 207. 89 37. 96 8. 68 19. 05  273. 58 3494. 39
Average ⅙  261. 80 66. 13  198. 5029 10. 30 536. 80 34. 65 6. 32  1. 44  3. 17 45. 60 582. 40
300 
882. 40
The above does not include Mr. Barnes’s bills for groceries &c.
150.D. pr. month 900.
cloathing 7. servts. of which 5. are liveries about 350.
Doctor’s bills about 50 
Wines amounting to about 500.
1800.
*I was absent these months.
 

Nov.

16.
£    s   d
LeMaire’s accts. Nov. 8—14  Provisions 19– 14– 3  =  52. 56
52.5639 = 1.347 Stores of do. 45– 15– 5 = 122. 05
fuel 4– 10– 0 = 12.
contingencies 3– 9 = . 50
 gave order on J. Barnes for amount 70– 3– 5 = 187. 12
19.
Pd.  Minchin for 6. pr. shoestrings 1.50.
Rapin & Conrad a book 2.25.
23.
Le Maire’s accts. Nov. 15—21   Provisions £15– 14–  =  41.92
41.9227 = 1.55 Stores of do.  8– 14–  =  23.25
 gave him order on J. Barnes for Amount 24– 8– 9  =  65.17
25. Gave ord. on J. Barnes in favr. Dr. Baker for 56.D. for John’s wages from May 4. to Dec. 4. inclusive. Therefore the wages pd. for him to Lemaire for July, Aug. Sep. Oct. to be refunded, & those of May 4. to July 4. to be enquired into.
27. Gave ord. on J. Barnes in favr. Mr. Brent for 16.D. my subscription to Washington dancing assembly.30
Recd. from J. Barnes 14.D. cash + 30.D. bank notes.
28. Inclosed the 30.D. bank notes to James Dinsmore for Wansher.
30.
LeMaire’s accounts Nov. 22—28.  Provisions £16– 14–  8  =  44. 64
Stores of do.  10– 13–  9 = 28. 50
44.6431 = 1.44 fuel 20– 5–  0 = 54.
miscellans. 7– 16–  6 = 20. 86
55– 9– 11 = 148.
 Cr. by overpaimt. John’s wages 29.25 do. Jack 10. 39. 25
108. 75  Ord. on J. Barnes
Daugherty’s accts. Nov. 10—29.  forage 11. 75
sadlery  6.
smith 11. 71
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for amt. = 29. 46
Dec. 2. Gave Mclaughlin ord. on J. Barnes for 15.D. for Geo. T. dancing assembly.
3. Gave E. Frithy ord. on do. for 5.D.
Gave Joseph Daugherty order on do. for 50. Dollars I lend him.
4. Recieved of J. Barnes 50.D.
 
Inclosed 50.D. to D. Higginbotham for Carden assee. of my note to Reuben Perry.
Gave Joseph Daugherty ord. on J. Barnes for 21.40 provender.
7.
LeMaire’s accounts Nov. 29—Dec. 5.  Provisions £37– 16– 9  =  100. 91
100.9146 = 2.19 Stores of do. 2– 5– 0 = 6.
fuel 9– 0– 0 = 24.
49– 1– 9 130. 91
 Servants wages Nov. 4. to Dec. 4. (exclus. of John’s) 165.
 gave him order on J. Barnes for amount 295. 91
9. Recd. of J. Barnes 95.D.
Gave in Charity 20.D.
10. Pd. for making 1. doz. handkerchfs. 2.D.
Dec. 12. Inclosed to Reuben Perry on acct. 70.D.
Joseph Daugherty for forage 10.
Miscellanies 1. 675
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for  11. 675
Le Maire’s accounts Dec. 6—12. provisions £30–1–10½  =  80.25
80.2540 = 2.  drink money for John omittd. Dec. 7. 2.
Jack’s wages deducted Nov. 30. by mistake 10. 12.
 gave him order on J. Barnes for amount 92.25
15. Gave order on J. Barnes for 77.47 for 1000. ℔ pork @ 46/6 in favr. John H. Craven.
16. Pd. Brown for books 3.D.
17. Pd. for a book 1.25.
18. Gave ord. on J. Barnes in favr. Joseph Daugherty for 50.D. lent.
20. Recd. from J. Barnes 40.D.
Gave ord. on J. Barnes in favor Genl. Sam. Smith 22.29.31

21.
£ s  d
Le Maire’s accounts Dec. 13—19.  Provisions 31– 4– 7  =  83. 28
83.2860 = 1.39 contingencies  15–  =  2.
 gave him order for amount on J. Barnes 31– 19– 7  =  85. 28
22. Recd. of J. Barnes 80.D.
Note charge Wm. Stewart my smith the following articles
D
Oct.  20.  furnished by  J. Barnes in Phila. 30.
24. do. 27 
do. Roberts & Jones 6.
Nov. 16. do. G. Jefferson Richmd.  105 
168 
 
24. Inclosed to Gabriel Lilly 80.D. to pay Fontrees and for fodder.
25.
Lemaire’s accts. Dec. 19—26   provisions £27– 7– 3  =  72. 95
72.9552 = 1.40 wood 6– 15– 0 = 18.
servts. 2– 19– 0 = 7. 88
contingencies  11– 3 = 1. 50
 gave him order on J. Barnes for amount 100. 33
27. Joseph Daugherty’s stable exp. for smith’s work, paid him 3.D.
Pd. his expences to Lindsays .19 cents.
31.
Note Mr. Barnes pd. Trump in Philada. for James
Oldham 30.D.
and now remits Trump for do. 10.
amount to be charged to Oldham  40.
 £
Le Maire’s accounts Dec. 27—Jan. 2.  Provisions.  34– 13– 3  =  92. 44
92.4453 = 1.74 servants 11– 3 = 1. 5
conting. 1– 13– 9 = 4. 5
 <gave him order on J. Barnes for amount> 36– 18– 3 = 98. 44
Joseph Daugherty expences with cyder from
 Alexandria 2. 12
 22. bushels corn for stable @ .73  16. 5632
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes 18. 68
Servants wages for Dec.  Le Maire 30 
Julien 25.
Joseph Daugherty 16.
John Cramer 14.
Christopher Severman  14 
Abram. Gaulding 14 
Noel 14 
John Freeman drink 2 
Jack 10 
Mrs. Daugherty 9 
Mrs. Severman 9 
Ursula 2  159 
 Le Maire’s amount as above 98. 44
 gave him ord. on J. Barnes for 257. 44

61The Alexandria tavern kept by John Gadsby survives as the Gadsby Tavern Museum at 134 North Royal Street. On this date TJ visited Martha Washington at Mount Vernon. He was probably accompanied by New Hampshire senator John Langdon (1741-1819), a fellow boarder at Conrad and McMunn’s (TJ to MJE, 4 Jan. 1801).

62 William Tunnicliff operated the Washington City Hotel from 1799 until 1804. It was close to the Capitol on A Street near First Street, N.E. (Bryan, National Capital, i, 310, 519 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ).

63 Nicolas Gouin Dufief (d. 1834), author of a revolutionary method of teaching languages, was a bookseller at 68 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia. The two books he sent TJ were probably J. P. Rabaut Saint Étienne, An Impartial History of the Late Revolution in France (Philadelphia, 1794), and F.J.L. Meyer, Fragments sur Paris (Hambourg, 1798) (Dufief to TJ, 23 Dec. 1800; TJ to Dufief, 9 Jan. 1801 [misdated 1800]; Sowerby, Nos. 229, 3895 description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., 1952-1959, 6 vols. description ends ). Subsequent purchases from Dufief and his successor, John Laval, are identified in Sowerby index description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., 1952-1959, 6 vols. description ends and in letters and accounts in DLC, CSmH, and MHi.

64TJ was very pleased with Wildair and used him as a saddle horse (Betts, Farm Book, p. 99-101 description begins Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, ed. Edwin M. Betts, Princeton, N.J., 1953 description ends ).

65Conrad & McMunn’s account, 1-31 Jan. 1801, for room and board at $48.50 per week, board of one horse at $4.00 per week, and daily consumption of porter and wine, is in MHi.

66TJ was elected President of the United States by the House of Representatives on the thirty-sixth ballot on 17 Feb. 1801 (see Malone, Jefferson, iii, 484-506 description begins Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time, Boston, 1948-1981, 6 vols. description ends ).

67Maryland congressman Samuel Smith (1752-1839), another boarder at Conrad & McMunn’s, declined TJ’s offer of the post of Secretary of the Navy, but served temporarily until June. For Smith’s role in the alleged “deal” connected with TJ’s election, see Malone, Jefferson, iv, 487-90 description begins Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time, Boston, 1948-1981, 6 vols. description ends .

68Chief Justice John Marshall had administered the oath as President to TJ in the Senate chamber on 4 Mch. 1801.

69One of TJ’s liveried servants, Edward Maher was a porter, with some additional household responsibilities (Étienne Lemaire to TJ, 10 May 1802; TJ to Lemaire, 14 May 1802). At the President’s House TJ assembled the largest household staff he had employed since his years in Paris. For eight years he had from ten to twelve servants, with Joseph Rapin, soon replaced by Étienne Lemaire, at their head as steward or butler. Those who served TJ throughout his presidency were: Joseph Dougherty, the coachman; Honoré Julien, the chef; and John Freeman, a footman. TJ also employed a valet, scullions and maids, and a servant for his private secretary; he later brought two of his Monticello slaves to Washington as apprentice cooks. Supplementing the MB entries are numerous other manuscript sources with details about TJ’s household at the President’s House. See, for example, Lemaire’s record of food purchases, Jan. 1806 to Mch. 1809 (CSmH); miscellaneous accounts and receipted bills, 1797-1821 (CSmH: HM 5721-2); and TJ’s scattered accounts with John Barnes, which itemize many purchases which do not appear in MB.

70Alexandria was the site of a military reception and a celebratory dinner for TJ on 14 Mch. (Malone, Jefferson, iv, 36 description begins Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time, Boston, 1948-1981, 6 vols. description ends ; Abel Janney to TJ, 14 Mch. 1801).

71 James Oldham (d. 1843), a house joiner from Philadelphia, had been recommended by Daniel Trump and Henry Ingle. He worked on the exterior joinery of Monticello until the fall of 1804, when he removed to Richmond and continued to make doors and sash for TJ. At some point he returned to Albemarle County, settling there and working on the construction of the University of Virginia (Trump to TJ, 12 Mch. 1801; Ingle to TJ, 20 Mch. 1801; Woods, Albemarle, p. 292 description begins Edgar Woods, Albemarle County in Virginia, 1901, repr. Bridgewater, Va., n.d. description ends ).

72 Joseph Dougherty, the Irish coachman, served TJ for eight years “rather as a riding agent than as the head of my stable” (TJ to Samuel H. Smith, 15 Aug. 1813; see also Smith, Washington Society, p. 313 description begins Margaret B. Smith, The First Forty Years of Washington Society, ed. Gaillard Hunt, New York, 1906 description ends ).

73 Herin’s (Herring’s) tavern was just east of present Brandy Station in Culpeper County and only a few hundred yards from John Strode’s house. Davy Bowles met TJ there with a carriage and horses from Monticello (Scheel, Map of Culpeper County description begins Historical map, Culpeper County, surveyed and drawn by Eugene M. Scheel, Washington, D.C., 1975 description ends ; TJ to MJR, 3 June 1802; TJ to TMR, 12 Mch. 1801).

74“Ruota Tenta” (Rota Tent) is a dark red sherry (TJ to Josef Yznardy, 24 Mch. 1801; Yznardy to TJ, 7 Apr. 1801).

75TJ’s niece Anna Scott Jefferson, daughter of RJ.

76 Edward Carrington (1749-1810) was supervisor of the federal revenue for the state of Virginia.

77Dr. William F. Bache (1773-1818), Benjamin Franklin’s grandson, had moved to Albemarle County in Apr. 1799, probably at TJ’s urging. He purchased 600 acres from James Key about five miles north of Monticello and there built Franklin. The Baches did not prosper in Virginia, however, and returned to Philadelphia in Dec. 1802. In Apr. 1804 TJ appointed him surveyor and inspector of the port of Philadelphia (TJ to MJE, 13 Apr. 1799; Woods, Albemarle, p. 62 description begins Edgar Woods, Albemarle County in Virginia, 1901, repr. Bridgewater, Va., n.d. description ends ; Jackson, Letters of Lewis and Clark, i, 134 description begins Donald Jackson, ed., Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents 1783-1854, 2d ed., Urbana, Ill., 1978, 2 vols. description ends ).

78For more information on these four carriage horses, see Betts, Farm Book, p. 101-2 description begins Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, ed. Edwin M. Betts, Princeton, N.J., 1953 description ends .

79TJ often breakfasted at Paul Verdier’s ordinary in Orange Courthouse after spending the night with James Madison at Montpelier (Orange County Court Order Book 1801-1803, p. 257, Courthouse, Orange, Va.)

80Correctly $1,723.315. TJ’s salary as President was $25,000 per year, payable monthly.

81 Honoré Julien was chef de cuisine at the President’s House until 1809.

82Shortly after receiving this “Brasil Quality” Madeira, TJ ordered two more pipes of it (Thomas Newton to TJ, 12 Mch., 14 Apr., 13 May 1801).

83John Barnes.

84This purchase of a year of the Baltimore American, bound, was actually a charity to Colin C. Wills, a destitute brushmaker (Wills to TJ, 20 Apr., 11 May 1801).

85 Richard Price (d. 1827) kept an ordinary in Milton in Albemarle County (Woods, Albemarle, p. 298; AlCCOB 1800-1801, p. 406 description begins Edgar Woods, Albemarle County in Virginia, 1901, repr. Bridgewater, Va., n.d. description ends ).

86Daniel Trump of Philadelphia had had made for Monticello six circular and two semicircular glazed mahogany windows (TJ to Trump, 21 Feb. 1801; Trump to TJ, 28 Apr. 1801).

87 Callender, who had been pardoned by TJ and released from jail in March, had become increasingly hostile toward his former hero because of bureaucratic delays in the remission of his $200 fine and his unsuccessful application for the Richmond postmastership. By the time he arrived in Washington in May his transformation into a Federalist and TJ’s implacable personal enemy was complete. Meriwether Lewis, who delivered TJ’s donation, encountered an abusive Callender, who said he accepted the $50 “not as a charity but a due, in fact as hush money” (TJ to James Monroe, 29 May 1801; Callender to TJ, 12 Apr. 1801; Callender to James Madison, 27 Apr. 1801, Madison Papers, DLC). And in due course, from the columns of the Richmond Recorder, Callender took his revenge on the President he considered he had helped raise to power, first by claiming he had been TJ’s hired pen and then, in the fall of 1802, launching his famous attacks on TJ’s moral character. For the final chapter in the life of this “poor creature, sensible, hypocondriac, drunken, pennyless and unprincipled,” as TJ described him over twenty years later, see Malone, Jefferson, iv, 207-20 description begins Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time, Boston, 1948-1981, 6 vols. description ends (TJ to Robert Richardson, 20 Apr. 1824).

88 John Freeman belonged to Dr. William Baker of Prince Georges County, Md. TJ hired him at $8 per month for several years. In 1804 Dr. Baker sold him to TJ for $400, on condition that he be freed after eleven years. TJ sold the remainder of his term of service to James Madison in 1809 (Baker power of attorney, 15 July 1802; Baker to John Barnes, 28 June 1804, both MHi; MB 19 Apr. 1809). Freeman’s particular responsibilty at the President’s House was the dining room and he usually accompanied TJ on his visits to Monticello (TJ to Joseph Dougherty, 11 Mch. 1802).

89This is Abraham Golden (Gaulding, Goulding), who until 1804 was personal servant to TJ’s private secretaries, first Meriwether Lewis and then Lewis Harvie. In February TJ had offered the post of private secretary to Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), who was then a lieutenant in the First Infantry stationed at Detroit. Lewis had arrived in Washington in April and taken up residence in the President’s House. Until his departure for his transcontinental adventure in 1803, he occupied the position of “an Aid de camp, [rather] than a mere Secretary,” as TJ later described it, at an annual salary of $600, which TJ paid out of his own funds (Jackson, Letters of Lewis and Clark, ii, 736 description begins Donald Jackson, ed., Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents 1783-1854, 2d ed., Urbana, Ill., 1978, 2 vols. description ends ; TJ to Lewis, 23 Feb. 1801; TJ to William A. Burwell, 26 Mch. 1804).

90Author and publisher Richard Dinmore (1765-1811) directed the circulating library proposed by James Lyon at “the first door west of the President’s Square” (Bryan, National Capital, i, 435-6 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ; Sowerby, No. 3312 description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., 1952-1959, 6 vols. description ends ).

91“Lady Washington’s” chapel, the creation of the eccentric Congregational clergyman David Austin, was dedicated 14 July in a room of the Great Hotel at the corner of Eighth and E streets, N.W. (Bryan, National Capital, i, 407-8 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ).

92 Daniel Rapine and Michael and John Conrad had opened Washington’s first bookstore in the fall of 1800 at the corner of B and New Jersey streets, S.E. (Bryan, National Capital, i, 383-4 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ).

93 Thomas Claxton, “Agent for furnishing the President’s House” under John Adams and TJ, made a number of purchases in Philadelphia for TJ’s private account, including lamps, candlesticks, stockings, and silver tea and coffee urns made by Anthony Simmons and Samuel Alexander (Claxton to TJ, 28 May 1801; Claxton invoice, 5 June 1801; Michael Roberts invoice, 10 June 1801; Jane Larimore invoice, 12 June 1801, MHi). At this time Simmons and Alexander also made for TJ a silver ewer copied from a model of the bronze askos TJ had seen at Nîmes in 1787. Called in TJ’s family “the duck” and used as a chocolate pot, this ewer is now at Monticello (TJ to Claxton, 2 June 1801; Joseph Coolidge to N. P. Trist, 5 Jan. 1827, DLC; Papers, xv, xxx-xxxii description begins Julian P. Boyd and others, eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton, N.J., 1950- description ends ; MB 10 May 1787).

94TJ here began to acquire 1,162¼ acres of land belonging to the heirs of Bennett Henderson. The Henderson holdings, mostly pine barrens, adjoined TJ’s own Monticello-Tufton tract on the east and completely surrounded the town of Milton. The portion between the Rivanna River and Milton, then the head of navigation, may have been of particular interest to TJ, for it included the area’s tobacco inspection warehouses and some mill sites which, if built on, would furnish competition for TJ’s planned Shadwell manufacturing mill. As TJ wished to keep his name out of any connection with the purchase of property while he held public office, he commissioned Craven Peyton to purchase and manage the Henderson tract until he retired in 1809. It is not known if Peyton received any financial compensation for his agency other than the interest TJ paid him for his advances of purchase money; he was a faithful deputy but proved completely unequal to the task of navigating the sea of legal complexities presented by this case. Bennett Henderson had died intestate and his land was divided into over thirty parcels for his widow and ten children, several of them minors. Many of the deeds purchased by Peyton later proved worthless and, to consolidate his holdings, TJ found it necessary to purchase some parcels two and even three times over. By 1817, after spending almost $11,000 in purchase money and legal fees, he finally gained clear title to most of the tract he had set out to purchase sixteen years before. By this time TJ’s Shadwell mill had not lived up to his expectations and the once thriving commercial center at Milton had substantially declined as the Rivanna was made navigable above it. For further discussions of this land acquisition, which in light of TJ’s financial condition can only be considered an unfortunate undertaking, see Malone, Jefferson, vi, 505-7 description begins Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time, Boston, 1948-1981, 6 vols. description ends , and Merrill, Jefferson’s Nephews, p. 55-70 description begins Boynton Merrill, Jr., Jefferson’s Nephews: A Frontier Tragedy, Princeton, N.J., 1976 description ends . Most of the documents concerning the Henderson lands, including hundreds of pages of legal memoranda, are in ViU. Of particular importance in unraveling this complex matter are TJ to Peyton, 15 Jan., 8 Oct. 1801, 9 Jan. 1809; TJ to Joseph Hornsby, 21 Apr. 1813; Peyton’s deeds, 4 Oct. 1804, 4 Aug. 1811; plat of the land, Nov. 1801; TJ account with Peyton, 1801-1811, DLC: 34556-59. See also MB 23 Sep. 1795, 8 May, 10 Sep. 1804, 31 July 1812, 7 Feb., 20 July 1817.

95The Centre Market opened in Dec. 1801 on Pennsylvania Avenue at the site of the present National Archives between Seventh and Ninth streets. Market days were Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday (Bryan, National Capital, i, 419-20 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ).

96Present Theodore Roosevelt Island, opposite Georgetown, was in TJ’s time called Mason’s or Analostan Island and owned by Georgetown merchant John Mason. It was well known for its gardens, on which David Hepburn had been employed from 1796 to 1802 (Mary E. Curry, “Theodore Roosevelt Island,” CHS Records, xlviii [1971], 14-33).

97The money for William F. Ast was the premium for insuring the buildings at Monticello (see MB 17 Aug. 1800).

98Correctly $32.125.

99 Hardin Davis was postmaster at Charlottesville at this time (Rawlings, Early Charlottesville, p. 31 description begins Mary Rawlings, ed., Early Charlottesville: Recollections of James Alexander 1828-1874, Charlottesville, Va., 1942 description ends ).

1Randolph Jefferson.

2TJ’s slave James Hubbard (b. 1783), son of Cate and James Hubbard (b. 1743), was probably going to Poplar Forest to visit his family. He was a nailer at Monticello from 1794 until 1811, when he ran away for a second time and was sold (MB 17 Dec. 1805, 5 Apr. 1812).

3Lawyer and legal writer William Waller Hening (1767-1828) lived in Charlottesville from 1793 to 1805 (Woods, Albemarle, p. 228-9 description begins Edgar Woods, Albemarle County in Virginia, 1901, repr. Bridgewater, Va., n.d. description ends ).

4These were two further pipes of Brazil quality Madeira (James Taylor to TJ, 4 June 1801).

5TJ paid for 120 bottles of sauternes and 220 bottles of claret for the President’s House and for a supply of sherry for Monticello (TJ to Henry Sheaff, 27 July 1801; TJ wine list, MB end 1803).

6Kindred brought brandy, porter, and the Windsor chairs paid for in October from Richmond to Milton (MB 13 Oct. 1801; George Jefferson receipt, 21 Aug. 1801, MHi).

7The stonemason Joseph Moran worked on the new nailery and the L-shaped wings of the Monticello house in 1801 and 1802.

8The bonds for the 1790 sale of TJ’s Willis Creek lands to William Ronald had been given to Richard Hanson as partial payment of TJ’s debt to Farell & Jones and remained unpaid after Ronald died intestate in 1793. TJ, as insurer of the bonds, was involved in the chancery suit brought against Ronald’s administrator William Bentley. He had received a favorable decision in 1797, but final settlement was not made until 1822 (Copy court decision TJ v. Bentley, 13 Mch. 1797, MHi; MB 5 Oct. 1790, 28 Mch. 1822).

9The chancery suit brought by Robert Gilliam, representing the estate of Bathurst Skelton, had arisen from arrangements between Skelton and John Wayles for the farming of Elk Island over thirty years previously. It was still unsettled by 1813 (William Short to TJ, c. 10 Mch. 1784; MB 19 Oct. 1809, 27 July 1813).

10TJ had been unsuccessful in an effort to have his former slave James Hemings come to Washington as his chef de cuisine. As this entry indicates, James did return briefly to TJ’s service at Monticello. He then went back to Baltimore, where he committed suicide sometime in October (TJ to William Evans, 31 Mch., 1 Nov. 1801; Evans to TJ, 5 Nov. 1801).

11 Martha Suddarth, the sister of General Thomas Sumter, was highly regarded by TJ as a nurse and midwife (TJ to MJE, 26 Oct. 1801; Woods, Albemarle, p. 323 description begins Edgar Woods, Albemarle County in Virginia, 1901, repr. Bridgewater, Va., n.d. description ends ). On this date at Monticello TJ’s grandson Francis Eppes (1801-1881) was born. For a biographical sketch see Monticello Association Papers, p. 167-78 description begins Collected Papers to Commemorate Fifty Years of the Monticello Association of Descendants of Thomas Jefferson, ed. George Green Shackelford, Princeton, N.J., 1965 description ends .

12These 66⅔ acres were located on the north side of the Hardware River about six miles north of Scottsville, probably in the vicinity of the abandoned quarry on the present Mount Pleasant farm. PJ had bequeathed this one-sixth part of a 400-acre tract to RJ, who conveyed it to TJ by a deed, dated 7 Apr. 1796 (LPB, xxvii, 436 description begins Land Patent Books. Vi description ends ; AlCWB, ii, 32 description begins Albemarle County Will Books, Albemarle County Courthouse, Charlottesville, Va. description ends ; AlCDB, i, 64, xli, 505 description begins Albemarle County Deed Books, Albemarle County Courthouse, Charlottesville, Va. description ends ).

13The Philadelphia-born blacksmith William Stewart lived and worked at Monticello from 1801 to 1807, when he was dismissed for his addiction to drink. Described by TJ as “the best workman in America, but the most eccentric one,” Stewart was in charge of the Monticello blacksmith shop, instructed some of TJ’s slaves in his trade, and made much of the intricate ironwork used in the construction of the house (TJ to George Jefferson, 3 Dec. 1801; James Traquair to TJ, 30 May 1801; TJ to Edmund Bacon, 24 Nov. 1807; Bear, Jefferson at Monticello, p. 69-70, 102 description begins Jefferson at Monticello, ed. James A. Bear, Jr., Charlottesville, Va., 1967 description ends ). Stewart’s wife Mary is buried in the Monticello graveyard (Monticello Association Papers, p. 260 description begins Collected Papers to Commemorate Fifty Years of the Monticello Association of Descendants of Thomas Jefferson, ed. George Green Shackelford, Princeton, N.J., 1965 description ends ).

14TJ and David Ross had been unable to agree on the state of their complex accounts, which included the sum TJ owed Ross at the settlement in 1783 and Ross’ subsequent purchases of Elk Hill tobacco in the 1780s. According to a final settlement reached by arbitration in Jan. 1802, TJ had to spend almost £300 to buy nearly 20,000 pounds of tobacco to pay off this old debt (MB 24 Sep. 1783; TJ to Ross, 25 Oct. 1790; TJ to Francis Eppes, 10 Oct. 1790; TJ to James Currie, 19 Oct. 1801, 14 Jan. 1802; TJ to George Jefferson, 19 Oct. 1801).

15This was a midwife fee for Sally Hemings, whose daughter Harriet was born in May 1801. Harriet ran away from Monticello in 1822.

16 Martin Wanscher, a plasterer, worked on the Monticello house from 1801 to 1804.

17 George Newman was licensed to keep an ordinary in Centreville for the years 1800 and 1801 (Fairfax County Personal Property Tax List, 1800, 1801, Vi).

18 Étienne Lemaire (d. 1817), formerly in the service of William Bingham in Philadelphia, was hired to replace Joseph Rapin as maître d’hôtel in the President’s House (Bingham to TJ, 25 July 1801; TJ to Philippe Le Tombe, 29 July 1801). TJ’s Monticello overseer described Lemaire as “a very smart man, . . . well educated, and as much of a gentleman in his appearance as any man.” TJ’s granddaughter recalled him as “a portly well-mannered frenchman . . . of whose honesty his master had a higher opinion than the world at large, and who I fancy made a small fortune in his employ. But he was a civil and a useful man and merited reward” (Bear, Jefferson at Monticello, p. 105 description begins Jefferson at Monticello, ed. James A. Bear, Jr., Charlottesville, Va., 1967 description ends ; Ellen W. Coolidge Letterbook, p. 48, ViU). After TJ’s retirement Lemaire returned to Philadelphia and in 1817, deranged by financial reverses, drowned himself (Honoré Julien to TJ, 7 Nov. 1817).

19 John Ott was a “Druggist, Chemist and Apothecary” in Georgetown (Washington Federalist, 8, 28 Dec. 1801).

20These items from Tobias Lear in Saint-Domingue are itemized in Lear to TJ, 25 July 1801. George Gilpin was harbormaster of the port of Alexandria (Bryan, National Capital, i, 512, 514 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ).

21 Pontius D. Stelle, the most prominent of the early Washington hotelkeepers, kept hotels in several different locations near the Capitol from 1800 until 1804, when he bought William Tunnicliff’s hotel on A Street. From 1805 to 1809 Stelle’s hotel was in Carroll Row on First Street, between East Capitol and A streets, S. E. (Bryan, National Capital, i, 343-4 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ; Bryan, “Hotels,” p. 86-8, 91-3).

22The scale of TJ’s hospitality as President can be assessed from his computation of the average per person cost of a dinner. He divided the week’s provisions expenses by the number of persons who took the main meal at the President’s House, presumably including himself and his secretary when they dined at home. A TJ list, 5 Nov. 1804-6 Mch. 1809, gives the names of his dinner guests for that period and reveals the frequency and size of his dinners, generally three times a week with about a dozen guests (MHi).

23The composition ornament maker George Andrews had recently removed from Baltimore to a store on the corner of Ninth and E Streets, Washington, where he sold “all kinds of Ornaments for Chimney pieces, Door Caps, Frontispieces, Metal Sashes, &c.” (Washington National Intelligencer, 8 May 1801). This first purchase from Andrews, consisting of ox skulls and roses, was for the entablature of the Monticello dining room then being prepared by James Dinsmore.

24These black and gold Windsor armchairs for Monticello were purchased by Claxton from Adam Snyder of Philadelphia (Snyder invoice, 31 July 1801, MHi).

25TJ’s slave Ursula (b. 1787), daughter of Bagwell and Minerva, was apparently a pastry cook at the President’s House (TJ to MJR, 18 June 1802). While in Washington she gave birth to a child which probably did not survive infancy (MB 22 Mch. 1802). She and Wormley later had ten children.

26TJ paid John March, a bookbinder, bookseller, and stationer on M Street in Georgetown, for binding the Encyclopédie méthodique, nineteen volumes of newspapers, seventeen volumes of music books, and a number of other titles (Bryan, National Capital, i, 336 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ; March receipted invoice, 7 Nov. 1801, CSmH). Books subsequently bound for TJ can be identified from the many March invoices which survive in MHi and CSmH.

27TJ paid freight costs of some pecan and orange trees from Daniel Clark, Jr., in New Orleans and of two Indian busts from Morgan Brown of Palmyra, Tenn. (Brown to TJ, 1 Oct. 1799; TJ to Brown, 16 Jan. 1800; TJ to Clark, 16 Jan. 1800; Clark to TJ, 20 July 1801; Thomas Newton to TJ, 16 Oct. 1801). TJ listed the Indian carvings, which are unlocated, in his Catalogue of Paintings: “12. & 15. two busts of Indian figures, male & female, by Indians, in hard stone. 18. I. high. They were dug up at a place called Palmyra, on the Tennissee.”

28Since both “servants” and “July” totals are ten cents short, TJ probably made a transcription error in the July servants expenses. This indicates that he completed his computations before entering this chart in MB.

29This is probably another transcription error for $198.57, as the monthly average for total household expenses is correct.

30 William Brent (1774-1848), brother of Mayor Robert Brent and from 1805 clerk of the circuit court of the District of Columbia, was one of the managers of the Washington Dancing Assemblies, which were held at Stelle’s hotel (Norfleet, Saint-Mémin, p. 145-6 description begins Fillmore Norfleet, Saint-Mémin in Virginia: Portraits and Biographies, Richmond, Va., 1942 description ends ; Washington National Intelligencer, 5 Dec. 1800, 29 Dec. 1802; Bryan, National Capital, i, 555 description begins Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, New York, 1914-16, 2 vols. description ends ). In Washington TJ continued his Philadelphia practice of subscribing to but not attending the balls.

31 Samuel Smith had paid for TJ the costs of freight and duties of a tierce of Lágrima, a sweet dark Málaga wine, vintage 1755, which had arrived in Baltimore (Robert Oliver invoice, 25 Nov. 1801, CSmH; TJ wine list, MB end 1803).

32Correctly $16.06.

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