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Thomas Jefferson’s Account with John H. Craven, [after 9 May 1810]
Account with John H. Craven
[after 9 May 1810]
John H. Craven in acct with Th:J.
| 1809. | To rent for this year | 350– | 0– | 0 | |||
| To amount of appraisemt at beginng of lease | 261– | 10– | 0 | ||||
| To nail account from Dec. 19. 07 to May 9. 10 | 13– | 7– | 8½ | ||||
| balance due J. H. Craven | |||||||
| for which ord. was given on Milton Inspectors1 | 19– | 12– | 1 | ||||
| 644– | 10– | 1½ | |||||
| Cr | |||||||||||
| 1809. | B b | £ | s | d | |||||||
| Nov. 22. | By corn | 34–2 @ 16/6 | 28– | 7– | 0 | ||||||
| 1810. | Jan. | By wheat. | 115.b. @ 6/ | £ | 34– | 10– | 0 | ||||
| 09. | Apr. 22. |  |
By oats | 111.b. @ 2/4 | 12– | 19 | |||||
| Aug. 24 | 197.b. @ 2/ | 19– | 14 | 32– | 13– | 0 | |||||
| Aug. 1. | |
By hay | 1200.℔ @ 3/6 | 2– | 2 | ||||||
| Sep. 17. | 3100.℔ @ 4/ | 6– | 4 | 8– | 6– | 0 | |||||
| Apr. 22. | |
By fodder | 800.℔ @ 5/ | 2– | 0– | 0 | |||||
| 10. | Jan. 1. | 7500. @ 4/6 | 16– | 17– | 6 | ||||||
| 10,000. @ 4/ | 20– | 0– | 0 | 38– | 17– | 6 | |||||
| 09. | Apr. 6. | |
By bacon | 74.℔ @ 1/ | 3– | 14– | 0 | ||||
| Sep. 30 | |||||||||||
| Nov. 22. | By 8. muttons @ 20/ | 8– | 0– | 0 | |||||||
| July 1. | By 1. ewe | 0– | 12– | 0 | |||||||
| 4. lambs @ 10/ | 2– | 0– | 0 | 2– | 12– | 0 | |||||
| 19. | |
By veal. 145 ℔ @ 6 d | 3– | 12– | 6 | ||||||
| Aug. 10 | |||||||||||
| Mar. 20 | |
By butter 304½ ℔ @ 1/3 | 18– | 19– | 10½ | ||||||
| Nov. 22 | |||||||||||
| 10. | Jan. 10. | By hemp. 41.℔ @ 9 d | 1– | 10– | 9 | ||||||
| By hemp seed. 1½ bush. @ 12/ | 0– | 18– | 0 | ||||||||
| May 3. | By flax seed 1. bush. | 0– | 6– | 0 | |||||||
| 09. | Sep. | By waggonage. 8. days @ 20/ | 8– | 0– | 0 | ||||||
| By the hire of | Thruston | 10– | 0– | 0 | |||||||
| Lovila | 1– | 10– | 0 | ||||||||
| By amt of appraisemt at end of lease | 363– | 1– | 6 | ||||||||
| 10. | Jan. 2. | By Elisha Watkins’s order | 4– | 12– | 0 | ||||||
| By your order on Richard Anderson | 75– | 0– | 0 | ||||||||
| 644– | 10– | 1½2 | |||||||||
Account of articles delivered in 1801. & returnd 1809. specifically
| 1801. | 1809. |
| Pork. 1500.℔. | |
| corn. 245. barrels. | corn. 245. barrels. |
| Tops. 70½ f. stack runng measure | Tops. 80.f. stack running measure. |
| a house body 20 f sq. 9 f. high | a room 20 f sq. 9 f. high |
| blades. roof of the same house | blades. roofs of the same room. |
| a middle sized stack | a middle sized stack |
| straw. from 350. bush wheat | straw. his whole straw. |
| shucks. 4. pens 10 f. sq. 6.f. high. | shucks. 1890. cub. feet. |
MS (MHi); on two sides of a single sheet; entirely in TJ’s hand; undated.
1. Preceding eight words added ca. 6 Aug. 1810 (, 2:1259).
2. Remainder on verso.
Index Entries
- agriculture; and fodder search
- Anderson, Richard; and account with J. H. Craven search
- bacon search
- butter; and J. H. Craven search
- corn; at Tufton search
- Craven, John H.; leases Tufton search
- Craven, John H.; TJ’s account with search
- crops; hay search
- crops; hemp search
- crops; oats search
- flax; seeds search
- fodder; for Monticello search
- food; bacon search
- food; butter search
- food; mutton search
- food; oats search
- food; pork search
- food; veal search
- hay search
- hemp; grown at Tufton search
- Hern, Lovilo (TJ’s slave; b.1801); hired out search
- Hern, Thruston (TJ’s slave; b.1795); hired out search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with J. H. Craven search
- Milton, Va.; order on inspectors in search
- mutton search
- nails; sold by TJ search
- oats; from J. H. Craven search
- pork; at Tufton search
- rent; from Tufton search
- seeds; flax search
- seeds; hemp search
- straw search
- Tufton (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); J. H. Craven’s lease of search
- Tufton (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); wheat grown at search
- veal search
- Watkins, Elisha search
- wheat; at Tufton search