Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with the National Intelligencer, [ca. 15 September 1813]
Enclosure
Account with the National Intelligencer
[ca. 15 Sept. 1813]
| Thomas Jefferson Esq | Dr | ||||
| Dolls | |||||
| For the National Intelligencer, from Oct 31. 1800 |  |
65.— | |||
| to Oct 31. 1813, @ $5 per ann | |||||
| Cr. | |||||
| By cash, Oct 31. 1800 | $5. | — | |||
| By do through J. Barnes 1 | 5. | — | |||
| By do through Capt Lewis | 5. | —2 | |||
| By do | 5. | — | |||
| By do thro J. Barnes | 5. | — | |||
| By do | 10. | — | |||
| By do | 5. | — | |||
| 40.— | |||||
| Balance due | $ | 25.— | |||
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 199:35494); in the hand of Joseph Gales; undated.
TJ’s own records document only five payments: $5 each in 1800 and 1801 and $10 each in 1804, 1808, and 1809, with barnes named in connection with the 1801 and 1808 payments and with no mention of lewis (, 2:1031, 1046, 1133, 1230–1, 1240; Account with Samuel H. Smith, 16 Nov. 1807 [MHi]).
1. Manuscript: “Banes.”
2. TJ wrote in left margin next to this line: “1803. Feb. 12.”
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