Notes on Shipping Costs for Flour, [February 1811]
Notes on Shipping Costs for Flour
| 1 bl Sfine flour Sold at | $9. | ||
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| 1 bl Sfine flour 6 bus @ 6/9 | 6 75 | ||
| freight & provisions, | 1.50 | ||
| toll 1 & Drayage | 25 | ||
| Storage & Cooperage | 12½ | ||
| Commisn 2½ pct | 22½ | ||
| 8.85 | |||
| leaves to the Purchase if not ductd | .15 | ||
[verso, in TJ’s hand:]
Estimate of the expence of a barrel of Superfine2 flour from Lynchbg to Richmond Feb. 1811.
| cents | |||
| freight, say 200. ℔ @ 2/ pr Cwt 4/ | .67 | ||
| D | |||
| finding. 60 ℔ meal @ 6. D. pr Cwt (laid in @ 5.) | 3.60 | ||
| 2. bushels corn @ 3/6 | 1. | ||
| 4.60 | |||
| for a load of 50. barrells is | .092 | pr barrl | .09¼ |
| toll & drayage | .25 | ||
| storage & cooperage | .12½ | ||
| Commn 2½ p. cent on 9.50 D | .23¼ | ||
| 1.37 | |||
| present market price at Richmond | 9.50 | ||
| Net proceeds | 8.13 | ||
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do on 5½ bushels of wheat, is pr bushel which is 8/10½ pr bushel |
1.48 | ||