Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 18 February 1819
From Patrick Gibson
Richmond 18th Feby 1819
Sir
I wrote you on the 8th Inst with accot Sales of flour and account current to that date balanced by $724.15 in my favor, and have since paid your dft to Jas Leitch for $108.33—The US: branch bank here has received another order to curtail, to commence on Wednesday next with 12½ p.Ct. how long it may be continued I know not. Coll Nicholas suggested the idea, and desired I would communicate it to you, that a discount might be obtained for 60 d/. to the amount of the curtail say $1500 which if you think adviseable shall be attempted on your sending me your note for that amount. the Virga bank continues the curtail of 5 p.Ct and there is a probability of its being raised to 10 pCt—Flour has declined to 6½ & 6¾ and few purchasers— With much respect & esteem I am
Patrick Gibson
RC (MHi); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre”; endorsed by TJ as received 21 Feb. 1819 and so recorded in SJL; additional notations by TJ on verso:
| “Mallory’s draught 133.44” and “ | 108. | 33 |
| 32. | 73 | |
| 75. | 60 | |
| 15. | ||
| 60. | 60.” |
Gibson’s letter to TJ of the 8th inst, not found, is recorded in SJL as received 10 Feb. 1819 from Richmond.
Index Entries
- Bank of the United States, Second, Richmond branch of; Richmond branch of (subentry to be split apart as time permits) search
- Bank of the United States, Second, Richmond branch of; TJ’s loan from search
- Bank of Virginia (Richmond); TJ’s loan from search
- flour; price of search
- flour; sale of search
- Gibson, Patrick; account with TJ search
- Gibson, Patrick; and payments made for TJ search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s flour search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s loan from Bank of Virginia search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s loan from Second Bank of U.S. search
- Gibson, Patrick; letters from search
- Gibson, Patrick; letters from accounted for search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business and Financial Affairs; loan from Bank of Virginia search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business and Financial Affairs; loan from Second Bank of U.S. search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business and Financial Affairs; sells flour search
- Leitch, James; TJ pays search
- Mallory, Charles King; and wine for TJ search
- Nicholas, Wilson Cary (1761–1820); and TJ’s bank loans search
- Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search
- taxes; customs search
- wine; tariff on search