Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1822
From Bernard Peyton
Richd 24 Jany ”22.
Dear Sir
Above I hand ℀ sales your fifty Blls: Flour sold at $6 Cash on the Basin, altho’ it was all fine, this is the highest sale which has yet been made— The nett prcds: as above is at your credit—
With great respect Dr sir Your Mo: Obd: Servt:
Bernard Peyton
RC (MHi); subjoined to enclosure; dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 27 Jan. 1822 and so recorded in SJL. RC (MHi); address cover only; with FC of TJ to Dodge & Oxnard, 6 June 1824, on verso; addressed: “Mr Thomas Jefferson Monticello Charlottesville”; franked; postmarked Richmond, 24 Jan.
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
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search