Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the Cost of French Merchandise, [ca. 3 July 1815]
Notes on the Cost of French Merchandise
[ca. 3 July 1815]
| idea of the produce of 200.D. at old prices, by way of memm. | D | |
| Costs on 200. D worth about 1/16 or 6. p. cent. | 12 | |
| 50. | ℔ Maccaroni @ .20 pr ℔. | 10 |
| 42. | bottles of wh. hermitage @ 4₶–½ = 190.₶ (*excha. 5.₶35 = 1.D) | 36 |
| 217. | do Nice @ 1₶¾ (or .32½) = 380₶ | 71 |
| 284. | do Roussillon @ .25 | 71 |
| 543. | bottles. | 200 |
| *it yeilded but 5.₶28 = 1.D, | ||
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 204:36341); entirely in TJ’s hand; undated; subjoined to PoC of TJ to Stephen Cathalan, 3 July 1815.
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- Cathalan, Stephen (Étienne) (1757–1819); account with TJ search
- Cathalan, Stephen (Étienne) (1757–1819); and wine for TJ search
- currency; exchange of search
- food; macaroni search
- France; exchange rate in search
- Hermitage (wine); TJ orders search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with S. Cathalan search
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- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Notes on the Cost of French Merchandise search
- macaroni; price of search
- Nice; wine from search
- Roussillon, France; wine from search
- wine; French search
- wine; Hermitage search
- wine; of Nice search
- wine; of Roussillon search
- wine; price of search
- wine; TJ orders from S. Cathalan search