Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Wine Consumption, 15 February–21 July 1816

Notes on Wine Consumption

1816. Wines
Feb. 15. recd quarter
 cask Port wine		 } 120. bottles have lasted 156. days which is 3. bottles in 4. days. it is probable the other wine used in same time makes it up 1. bottle a day, or 400. bottles a year.
July 21. it is out

MS (MHi); entirely in TJ’s hand.

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Jefferson Papers
Title
Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Wine Consumption, 15 February–21 July 1816
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
Date
February–July 1816

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“Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Wine Consumption, 15 February–21 July 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-09-02-0315. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 9, September 1815 to April 1816, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, p. 474.]