Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 2 May 1821
Enclosure
Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales
| Sales 80 Barrels Super fine flour by B. Peyton | ||||||
| For ℀ Mr Thos Jefferson | ||||||
| 1821 Richd | ||||||
| 2d May | To Cap: Reynolds for Cash in store |  |
$300. | 00 | ||
| 80 Blls: Super fine flour at $3.75 | ||||||
| Charges | ||||||
| Cash paid freight at 2/6 is | $33. | 34 | ||||
| Canal Toll $8.34, Drayage $1.63 | 9. | 97 | ||||
| Storage $6.40—Inspection $1.60 | 8. | 00 | ||||
| Commission at 2½ pr Ct | 7. | 50 | 〃58. | 81 | ||
| Nett proceeds at Cr T. J. | 241. | 19 | ||||
| E.E. | ||||||
B.P.
MS (MHi); in Peyton’s hand; with covering letter subjoined; notation by TJ between text and covering letter:
| ( | 3.75 | price | |||
| “80 | 241.19 | 3.15 | clear | ||
| 119 | .60 | expences. | |||
| 390.” | |||||
e.e.: “Errors Excepted.”
Index Entries
- flour; price of search
- flour; sale of search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells flour search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); flour from search
- Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s flour search
- Reynolds, Mr.; buys TJ’s flour search
- Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search