Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 10 November 1817
From Bernard Peyton
Richd 10 Novemr "17
Dear sir
Your esteemed letter of the 5th: current has been recd and contents noted— I have forwarded by Mr Johnson’s Boat 110 ℔s: best Bourbon Coffee & one, of your seven Tons Plaister of Paris which I procured of excellent quality delivered on the Basin Bank at $9– I hope you will find that & the Coffee to suit.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully sir Your Obt: Sert:
Bernard Peyton.
| 110 ℔s Best Bourbon Coffee at 26 Cts | $28.60 |
| 71 Tons Plaister of Paris at $9 | 63.00 |
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 13 Nov. 1817 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Mathew Carey, 15 Jan. 1818, on verso; addressed: “Mr Thomas Jefferson Monticello” by “Mail”; franked; postmarked Richmond, 10 Nov.
TJ’s letter of the 5th: current was actually dated 3 Nov. 1817.
1. Reworked from “9.”
Index Entries
- coffee; Bourbon search
- coffee; sent to TJ search
- coffee; TJ purchases search
- gypsum (plaster of paris); price of search
- gypsum (plaster of paris); shipped search
- Johnson, William (boatman); transports goods from Richmond search
- Peyton, Bernard; and goods for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and gypsum for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Richmond, Va.; boats transfer goods and people to and from search