Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January 1821
From Patrick Gibson
Richmond 9th Jany 1821—
Sir
Since I last wrote you on the 9th ulto I have received 62 bls: of your flour, which I have this day sold to Messrs Lucke & Sizer at 3⅜$, this is a better price than I was able to obtain on its arrival, and is indeed as high as is warranted by any foreign market—I am,
With much respect Your obt Servt
Patrick Gibson
RC (DLC); between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre”; endorsed by TJ as received 13 Jan. 1821 and so recorded in SJL; with calculations by TJ at foot of text regarding the payment of a portion of his debt to Gibson through the sale of the above flour (see Gibson to TJ, 12 Sept. 1820):
| “3. | 375 | |
| 62 | ||
| 6. | 750 | |
| 202 | 50 | |
| 209. | 25 | |
| 262. | 72 | |
| 53. | 47 | |
| 3 discts of 60 | 180. | ” |
Index Entries
- flour; price of search
- flour; sale of search
- Gibson, Patrick; account with TJ search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s flour search
- Gibson, Patrick; letters from search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells flour search
- Lucke & Sizer (Richmond firm); buys TJ’s flour search
- Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search