Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Appraisal of Chattels at Belmont Estates, [after 5 October 1810]
Enclosure
Appraisal of Chattels at Belmont Estate
| 1. likely bull 6. years old | £6. | 0. | 0 | |
| 3. yoke of steers, one yoke of them 13. years old the others 12. in good order & likely | 40. | 10. | 0 | |
| 2. large young steers intended for oxen, 4. y. old in good order & very likely. | 12. | |||
| 13. middle aged cows giving milk tolerable likely, adjudged to weigh 350.℔ each @ | 100/. | 65. | ||
| 9. cows that have had calves, very indifferent, adjudged to weigh 250.℔ each | 72/ | 32. | 8. | |
| 3. steers 3. y. old adjudged to weigh 300.℔ each. | 80/ | 12. | ||
| 5. likely heifers 3. y. old adjudged to weigh 250.℔ each. | 72/ | 18. | ||
| 2. bulls 2. y. old, adjudged to weigh 200.℔ each. | 50/ | 5. | ||
| 7. heifers 2. y. old adjudged to weigh 175.℔ each. | 45/ | 15. | 15 | |
| 15. last spring calves | 15/ | 11. | 5. | |
| 217. | 18 | |||
| the cattle estimated upon the 5th quarter counted in. deduct ⅕ 1 | 43. | 11. | 7 | |
| £174. | 6. | 5 | ||
| 27. sheep. | 12/ | 16. | 4. | |
| 2500.℔ nett pork. | 42/ | 52. | 10. | 0 |
| $6. $1½ | ||||
| 8. likely breeding sows & 70. shoats 6 months old.2 | 45. | 18. | ||
| 1. new oxcart. | 7. | 10. | ||
| 2. yokes. 3. oxchains. | 3. | 9. | ||
| 1. wheat fan in tolerable order. | 4. | 16. | ||
| a common supply for such a plantation (as Belmont) of ploughs, hoes, axes, traces Etc | 36. | |||
| 2. cross cut saws 72/– 1. whip saw. 60/ 1. handsaw 12/ ½ doz. chisels. 7/6 3 or 4 augers. 7/6 | 7. | 19. | ||
| 1. adz. 5/ 2. gimlets 1/ 2 drawing knives. 6/ 1. Frow 6/. 1. iron harrow. 36/3 | 2. | 14. | ||
| 2. stills purchased of Taylor in Richmond of about 150. galls each. | 90. | |||
| an old 97. gallon still and a 53. gallon still with the necessary vessels for distilling | 45. | |||
| 1. spinning wheel for cotton, & 2. wheels for spinning flax, with cotton & wool cards. | 3. | 12. | ||
| 6. beef hides in tan for the winter shoes | 12. | |||
| the wool from the stock of sheep. | 10. | 2. | 6 | |
| the seeding 130. bushels of wheat & rye & finding the grain. | 65. | |||
| 100. barrels of corn with the fodder & shucks thereof & the straw made from the preceding crop. | 105. | |||
| £682. | 0. | 11 | ||
| Valued by us. |
| David Higginbotham |
| John Watson |
An estimate of the value of the preceding articles being necessary to th[. . .] accomplish the adjustment of a contract between John Harvie & Thomas Jeffe[rson] they ask the favor of mr John Watson & mr David Higginbotham of Mi[lton] or of either of them to make the estimate, which it is agreed shall be [. . .] binding on the sd parties.
| Th: Jefferson |
| John Harvie |
MS (MHi); itemized list and dated statement of agreement in TJ’s hand, signed by TJ and Harvie; both columns of figures added after 5 Oct. 1810 by Higginbotham (with rightmost column of valuations on a strip of paper attached to the right edge of recto), signed by Higginbotham and Watson; right edge of verso trimmed.
1. Preceding two words added by Higginbotham.
2. Dollar amounts inserted by Higginbotham.
3. All values in this and preceding entry inserted by Higginbotham.
Index Entries
- agriculture; implements of search
- alcohol; stills search
- Belmont tract; sale of search
- building materials; carpentry tools search
- cattle; at Belmont estate search
- corn; at Belmont estate search
- cotton; and1810census search
- Harvie, John (1783–1838); and sale of Belmont estate search
- Harvie, John (1783–1838); TJ’s dispute with search
- Higginbotham, David; and Belmont appraisal search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; dispute with J. Harvie search
- livestock; draught animals search
- oxen; at Belmont search
- pork; at Belmont estate search
- rye; at Belmont estate search
- sheep; on Belmont estate search
- straw search
- tools; and Belmont estate search
- Watson, John; and Belmont appraisal search
- wheat; at Belmont estate search