Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1821

From Bernard Peyton

Richd 3d May 1821

Dear sir

Above I hand you ℀ sales 80 Blls: Flour at $3.75 Cash, which is all I have on hand of yours, & disposed of on the best terms it was in my power to make, which I hope will be satisfactory to you.

With great respect Your mo: obd: Servt:

Bernard Peyton

RC (MHi); subjoined to enclosure; dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 7 May 1821 and so recorded in SJL.

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flour; sale of search
Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells flour search
Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); flour from search
Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s flour search
Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1821
Author: Peyton, Bernard
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 3 May 1821

Reference

Cite as: “Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1821,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-17-02-0169-0001. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 17, 1 March to 30 November 1821, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020, pp. 173–174.]

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