Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 16 October 1816
To Patrick Gibson
Monticello Oct. 16. 16.
Dear Sir
Johnson’s boat, and one of mr Eston Randolph’s went off yesterday afternoon with between 90 & 100 barrels of flour for me & would haul their boats round Magruder’s locks, which by unloading & reloading, they say, is practicable. Johnson on his return will take off another load for me. in Bedford as we are 11. miles from the Lynchburg mills, and our horses all engaged in putting in wheat I could direct only one boat load at present, which mr Yancey promised to have sent off without delay. this & those which went from here yesterday will be with you before the last day of this month, & the other from here nearly by the same time. my desire is that so much of these may be sold at the current price as will answer my bills on you, which will be presented about the last day of this month chiefly. to wit
Oct. 1. in favor of the | sheriff of Bedford | 133.80. | |
Oct. 15. (yesterday) | sheriff of Albemarle | 163.51 | |
Th: J. Randolph will have a draught for about 360. or 370 D. |
in all November I shall be called on for my federal taxes which I suppose will be between 2. & 300.D. and some purchases of corn. I must moreover request the favor of you to remit to David Gelston Collector of N. York 89. D 11 C freight, charges & duties due him on my wines & books. I will ask immediate attention to this because I consider these as debts of honor, the Collectors being so kind as to advance the freight & charges for me for whatever arrives for me in their ports, & to be answerable for the duties also, without waiting to bond them. in general I will request you to pay our boatmen for water carriage whenever they require it. at present Johnson wishes to draw from you the hire of his hands. as I set out for Bedford in 3. or 4 days to be absent 6. weeks, I have thought it safest to send a renewal of my note in bank for next month. I salute you with sentiments of friendship & respect
Th Jeff
PoC (DLC); on verso of portion of reused address cover to TJ; signature incomplete, likely due to polygraph error; at foot of text: “Mr Gibson”; endorsed by TJ. Enclosure, not found, described by TJ as “a renewal of my note in bank for 2000.D. dated Nov. 24” ( , 2:1327).
Instead of oct. 1., TJ indicated elsewhere that on 3 Oct. 1816 he “Gave ord. on Gibson & Jeff. in favr. sheriff Bedford 133.80 taxes.” On oct. 15. TJ drew on that firm again “in favr. Clifton Harris for Benj. Harris sher. Alb. for 163.51 for taxes & tickets” ( , 2:1327).
th: j. randolph loaned TJ $211.25 on 7 Oct. ($11.25 of which was given to Edmund Bacon “for tallow”), $19 on 8 Oct., $15 on 12 Oct., $123 on 16 Oct., and $30 on 20 Oct. 1816. On the latter date TJ repaid the debt to his grandson by giving him an order on Gibson & Jefferson for $400 ( , 2:1327–8).
On 10 Feb. 1817 Randolph paid TJ’s 1816 federal taxes on his properties in Albemarle County, which came to $141.20 ( , 2:1330).
Index Entries
- Albemarle County, Va.; sheriff of search
- Albemarle County, Va.; taxation of property in search
- Bacon, Edmund; TJ pays search
- Bank of Virginia (Richmond); TJ’s loan from search
- Bedford County, Va.; taxation on property in search
- boats; transfer goods to and from Richmond search
- corn; TJ buys search
- flour; from Poplar Forest search
- Gelston, David; and books for TJ search
- Gelston, David; and wine for TJ search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s bank note from Bank of Virginia search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s flour search
- Gibson, Patrick; letters to search
- Gibson, Patrick; payments made for TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); payments made for TJ search
- Harris, Benjamin; and TJ’s taxes search
- Harris, Clifton; and TJ’s taxes search
- horses; at Poplar Forest search
- household articles; tallow search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loan from Bank of Virginia search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loan from T. J. Randolph search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; pays taxes search
- Johnson, William (waterman); carries flour to Richmond search
- Lynchburg, Va.; mills in search
- Magruder, John Bowie; riverine locks of search
- mills; grist search
- Monticello (TJ’s estate); flour from search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); flour from search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); horses at search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); TJ plans visit to search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); wheat grown at search
- Randolph, Thomas Eston (TJ’s cousin); boats of, transfer goods search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); loans TJ money search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); makes payments for TJ search
- Richmond, Va.; boats transfer goods to and from search
- Richmond, Va.; flour shipped to search
- tallow search
- taxes; TJ pays search
- wheat; at Poplar Forest search
- wine; sent to TJ search
- Yancey, Joel (d.1833); as superintendent of Poplar Forest search