Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson’s Transactions with James Leitch, 20 September 1822–3 May 1823

Transactions with James Leitch

[Leitch Daybook description begins MS daybook of Charlottesville merchant James Leitch, 2 Mar. 1820–8 May 1823, ViCMRL, on deposit ViU, bound volume with ruled paper, in a clerk’s hand description ends , p. 471, 20 Sept. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Orders    
    8 quarters Screw Auger 1/. 1 34
    5 yds Coarse Red flannel 3/9. 3 13 4.47
[p. 473, 27 Sept. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ E. Bacon    
    4. Large Gimblets 9d     50
[p. 474, 30 Sept. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    4. Bottles Mustard 1/6 1  
    1. 1 Gal Butter pot. 3/–.   50 1.50
[p. 475, 1 Oct. 1822:]
.53. .76. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Cash    
    paid him 20  
[p. 475, 1 Oct. 1822:]
.76. .53. Cash Dr to Thos Jefferson    
    Recvd his draft on B. Peyton at st 50  
[p. 475, 2 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson at Reqst    
    2 Sack Bags 6/–     2.00
[p. 476, 3 Oct. 1822:]
.53. .76. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Cash    
    paid E. Bacon ⅌ Order 30 —
[p. 476, 7 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    89 ℔s Barr Iron 6d     7.42
[p. 477, 7 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Jno Hemings    
    2 quarters Screw Auger 9d     25
[p. 478, 9 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    18 ℔s 10d Cutt Brads 1/–.     3  
[p. 479, 11 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌. E. Bacon    
    1 Bed Cord 3/–.     50
[p. 486, 21 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Self    
    1 Pr Patent silk Suspenders 7/6 1 25
    1 Beaver Hat $8 8   9.25
[p. 486, 21 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    1 half Stockd Shot Gun for J. Randolph     20 —
[p. 487, 21 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    1 Patent Pad Lock. 7/6.     1.25.
[p. 487, 22 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mrs Randolph    
    7 yds fine white flannel 4/3 4 96
    6 〃 4/4 Domestic 27¢. 1 62
    6 〃 Red flannel 3/–. 3   9.58
[p. 489, 23 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson At Reqst of Mrs R    
    2 Pr Small and Irons 12/–. 4  
    1 〃 Large 〃 do 16/6 2 75
    2 Baking Dishes 5/3. 1 75
    4 10 Inch Dishes 3/9. 2 50
    4. 12 〃 〃 5/3 3 50
    2. 14 〃 〃 8/6 2 84
    2 doz Twiflers 7/6 2 doz Breakfast Do 12/. 6 50
    1 〃 Custard Cups 6/–. 1 —
    1 Soup Turean & Stand 27/–. 4 50
    4 Pickle Leaves 2/6 2 Sallad Dishes 9/–. 4 67.
    1 doz Cut Glass Tumblers 27/–. 4 50
    2  〃 〃 〃 Wines 24/–. 8. —
    1½ 〃 Jelly Glasses 21/. 5 25
    1 m 1¼ Inch Sprigs 3/4½d   56
    1 〃 1½ 〃 〃 3/9.   63 52.95
[p. 491, 26 Oct. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    2 ℔s Java Coffee 2/3.   75
    2 Pr Wool Cards 4/6 1 50 2.25
[p. 499, 6 Nov. 1822:]
.76. .92. Mdse Dr to Thomas Jefferson    
    For 1 Pr Silk Suspenders Returned 1 25
[p. 499, 6 Nov. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Self    
    1 Ream Letter paper     6 —
[p. 502, 9 Nov. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    1111⁄16 ℔s Best loaf Sugar 1/6     2.93
[p. 503, 11 Nov. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Self    
    40 yds Blue plains 3/9. 25  
    12 doz Gilt Buttons 2/. 4 —
    1 ℔ Blue Patent Thread 9/. 1 50 30.50
[p. 505, 12 Nov. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌. Order of Mrs R.    
    10½ ℔s Putty 1/–.     1.75
[p. 510, 18 Nov. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas. Jefferson ⅌. Miss Cornelia1    
    1½ yds Black Lustring 6/9. 1 69
    1 hank Black Silk 6d   08
    1 Shoe Knife 1/.   17.
    6 Sheets Sand paper ⅌ J. Hemings 4½d   38 2.32
[p. 515, 27 Nov. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    6⅜ Gallons whiskey 3/9.     4.—
[p. 517, 2 Dec. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    10 ℔s 12d Cutt Nails 14ct     1.40
[p. 521, 5 Dec. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Sundries ⅌ Order    
.54.   Cash pd your Order favour J. L. Thomas 19 50
    Mdse. 1 Pr Pinchers 3/9 1 Shoe Knife 1/.   79
     〃 ½ doz Awl Blades 2/3.   19
.188.   Bramham & Bibb for ½ doz Awl Handles 3/9.   31 .98
        20 79
[p. 522, 6 Dec. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    1 Large 6 Gal Pot 18/. 1 Small Skillet 9/. 4 50
    1 Wire Sifter 6/. 1   5.50
[p. 524, 9 Dec. 1822:]
  .76. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Mrs Randolph    
    20 yds 4/4 Domestic 30ct 6 —
    1¾ 〃 Olive Fearnaught 10/6. 3 06
    150 yds Ticklenburg 2/. 50 —
     53 〃 4/4 Domestic Linnen 1/6. 13 25
    300 yds Oznaburgs 23ct 69 00
     20. 3½ point Blankets 14/3. 47 50
     2. 3 〃  〃 9/9. 3 25
     26½ yds Waltham Domestic 1/6. 6 63
     23½ 〃 Common2  do. 1/. 3 92
     5 ℔s Oznaburg Thread 7/6. 6 25
     2 hanks. Silk 6d   17 209.03
[p. 526, 10 Dec. 1822:]
.54. .220. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Cash    
    lent him ⅌ Order 25  
[p. 528, 12 Dec. 1822:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    2 ℔. Oznaburg Thread 7/6 2 50
    5 yds Brown Holland. 2/3. 1 88 4.38
[p. 529, 13 Dec. 1822:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    3. ½ ℔ Bottles London Mustard 4/6.     2.25
[p. 532, 18 Dec. 1822:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson To Sundries ⅌ Order of Mrs R    
    Mdse 1⅝ yd fine Pelese Cloth $4½ 7 31
     〃  1 hank Silk 6d   08
.203.   Jno R. Jones for 7 yds Riband 9d   88 7.39
        8 27
[p. 535, 24 Dec. 1822:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order of Mrs R.    
    4. 10/4 Damask Table Cloths. @ 9/–s p. yd.     15  
[p. 536, 24 Dec. 1822:]
.54. .220. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Cash    
    paid for Oysters 4 —
[p. 546, 17 Jan. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    14½ ℔s English Blistered Steel 1/. 2 42
    1 Rasp 4/6. 1 Crosscut saw file 2/. 1 08
    1 Whip Saw file 1/6   25 3.75
[p. 552, 1 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    5 quarters Screw Augers 1/.     84
[p. 553, 3 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson At Reqst ⅌ Burrel    
    23 ℔s Butter 20ct     4.60
[p. 554, 5 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    20 ℔s Java Coffee 2/3     7.50
[p. 555, 7 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    10 ℔s Barr Lead 9d 1 25
    8 Pr. Small Brass Hinges 1/. 1 34
    6 doz Small Screws 4½d   38 2.97
[p. 557, 10 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    10 yds. Forest Cloth 7/6 12 50
    12 Skeins Thread 3ct 2/3 doz Gilt Buttons 3/.   70
    2 doz Bone Buttons 1/.   34 13.54
[p. 557, 12 Feb. 1823:]
.220. .56. Cash Dr to Thomas Jefferson    
    Recvd of him 50  
[p. 557, 12 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    3½ yds Brown Holland 2/6. 1 46
    5¼ ℔s German Steel 1/6 1 31 2.77
[p. 559, 15 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    203 ℔s Barr Iron 6d     16.92
[p. 561, 20 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    7⅛ Gal Coniac Brandy 12/.     14.25
[p. 561, 21 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    2 Furr Hats $4     8  
[p. 563, 22 Feb. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    1 Cutting Knife, Patent, 12/. 2  
    1 Pr Best Shoe Brushes 3/9.   63 2.63
[p. 569, 5 Mar. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order of Mrs R    
    3½ yds Bed-tick 4/6 2 63
    7 〃 fine Irish Linnen 4/6 5 25
    1 ℔ Copperass 9d 1 Ps Narrow Tape 9d   25
    2 yds 6/4 Cotton Shirting 3/. 1 —
    1 Ps Bobbin 1/. 1 Oz Nutmegs 3/.   67
    1 Pr Cut Glass Decanters $4 4  
    4 yds fine Brown Bombazette 4/. 2 67
    1 Hearth Broom 4/6 8 hanks Thread 3ct   99
    1 Pr Shoe Brushes 4/6   75
    7 yds fine Dowlass ⅌ Order for Burrel 2/3 2 63
    3½ 〃 〃 Irish Linnen 3/9. 2 18 23.02
[p. 571, 10 Mar. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    16 ℔s 10d Wrought Nails 1/.     2.67.
[p. 575, 22 Mar. 1823:]
  .206. Jno: C Wells for Thomas Jeffersons draft on P. Gibson for (March 26th 1820) 215 33.
[p. 576, 25 Mar. 1823:]
.56. .220. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Cash    
    lent him 20  
[p. 577, 26 Mar. 1823:]
.72. .220. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Interest Acct    
    For Int on his acct from 1st Aug to 4th Septm    
    The acct Balanced by this entry 5 14
[p. 577, 27 Mar. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    35 ℔s 10d Wrought Nails 1/.     5.84
[p. 578, 28 Mar. 1823:]
.56. .220. Thomas Jefferson Dr to Cash    
    Paid Edmund Meeks ⅌ Order 15  
[p. 579, 30 Mar. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson At Reqst    
    1⅚ doz Cutt flint Jelly Glasses $8. 14 66
    1 ℔ Lampblack ⅌ Burrel 1/1½   19
    1 Scrubbing brush 4/6   75
    1 Pr Blue Cassimere Pantaloons & Trimings 7  
    2 Paterns Marseils Vesting 7/6 2 50
    3 yds 4/4 Domestic 1/6 1 doz Perl Buttons 1/6 1  
    4 hanks Thread. 3ct   12 26.22
[p. 579, 30 Mar. 1823:]
.220. .92. Merchandise Dr to Thomas Jefferson    
    for 1½ doz Jelly Glasses returned3 27/. 6 75
[p. 580, 1 Apr. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Self    
    3 Skeins Silk 6d     25
[p. 580, 2 Apr. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    1 Keg white Lead 36/. 1 Bottle S. Turpentine4 3/.     6.50
[p. 581, 4 Apr. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    1 Sack Salt     5.50
[p. 583, 7 Apr. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    29 ℔s Barr Iron 6d 2 42 2.42
[p. 589, 18 Apr. 1823:]
.220. .56. Cash Dr to Thomas Jefferson    
    received of him 35  
[p. 593, 29 Apr. 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    ½ doz + Cutt Saw files 27/. 2 25
    ½ 〃 Handsaw 〃 〃 12/. 1   3.25
[p. 595, 3 May 1823:]
  .220. Thomas Jefferson ⅌ Order    
    1⅙ doz Gilt Buttons 4/6   88
    ½ yd Forest Cloth 7/6   63
    1 Ps long Nankeen 10/6 1 75
    5 Skeins Silk 6d 2 yds Domestic 1/.   75
    1 doz Bone Moulds 9d   13 4 14

The Leitch Daybook description begins MS daybook of Charlottesville merchant James Leitch, 2 Mar. 1820–8 May 1823, ViCMRL, on deposit ViU, bound volume with ruled paper, in a clerk’s hand description ends in ViU, Leitch’s bookkeeping methods and frequently used abbreviations, and the methods by which the Editors present the above extracts detailing entries involving TJ are described above at 6 Mar. 1820 in an editorial note on Extracts from James Leitch’s Daybook. The entry for 3 May 1823 is the last one mentioning TJ in the extant Daybook.

gimblets: “gimlets.” at st: “at sight.” and irons: “andirons.” twiflers: “A plate or shallow dish intermediate in size between a dessert plate and a dinner plate” (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ). pickle leaves: pickle dishes in the form of a leaf (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ).

miss cornelia was Cornelia J. Randolph.

lustring: “lutestring.” shoe knife: shoemaker’s knife (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ). fearnaught (fearnought): “A stout kind of woollen cloth, used chiefly on board ship in the form of outside clothing in the most inclement weather, also as a protective covering or lining for the outside door of a powder magazine, the portholes, etc.” (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ). pelese cloth (pelisse cloth): “a twilled woollen fabric, used to make pelisses” (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ).

burrel: Burwell Colbert.

forest cloth is a woolen fabric (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ). bombazette: “bombazine.” dowlass (dowlas): “a coarse kind of linen, much used in the 16th and 17th centuries” (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ). s. turpentine: “spirit of turpentine.” + cutt saw files: “crosscut-saw files.”

A 26 Mar. 1823 letter from Leitch to TJ, not found, is recorded in SJL as received from Charlottesville the following day.

1. Manuscript: “Conelia.”

2. Manuscript: “Comnon.”

3. Manuscript: “retuned.”

4. Manuscript: “Turpertine.”

Index Entries

  • alcohol; brandy search
  • alcohol; whiskey search
  • augers search
  • awls search
  • Bacon, Edmund; orders goods for TJ search
  • Bacon, Edmund; TJ pays search
  • beavers; and hats search
  • beds; cords for search
  • beds; ticking for search
  • blankets; TJ purchases search
  • bombazine (textile) search
  • Bramham & Bibb (Charlottesville firm); TJ purchases tools from search
  • brandy; TJ orders search
  • brooms; household search
  • brushes; scrub search
  • brushes; shoe search
  • building materials; iron search
  • building materials; lead search
  • building materials; screws search
  • building materials; steel search
  • butter; pots search
  • butter; TJ purchases search
  • button molds search
  • buttons search
  • clothing; buttons search
  • clothing; hats search
  • clothing; pantaloons search
  • clothing; patterns for search
  • clothing; suspenders search
  • clothing; vests search
  • coffee; TJ purchases search
  • Colbert, Burwell (TJ’s slave;1783–ca.1862; Critta Colbert’s husband); and goods for TJ search
  • copperas search
  • cups; custard search
  • dowlas (textile) search
  • fearnought (textile) search
  • files (tools) search
  • firearms; shotguns search
  • flannel; M. J. Randolph orders search
  • flannel; TJ orders search
  • food; butter search
  • food; mustard search
  • food; oysters search
  • Gibson, Patrick; and payments made for TJ search
  • gimlets search
  • hats; beaver search
  • hats; fur search
  • Hemmings, John (TJ’s slave; b. ca.1776); and goods for TJ search
  • holland (textile) search
  • household articles; andirons search
  • household articles; bags search
  • household articles; blankets search
  • household articles; bobbins search
  • household articles; brooms search
  • household articles; brushes search
  • household articles; button molds search
  • household articles; buttons search
  • household articles; copperas search
  • household articles; cups search
  • household articles; decanters search
  • household articles; dishes search
  • household articles; hinges search
  • household articles; jelly glasses search
  • household articles; knives search
  • household articles; lampblack search
  • household articles; padlocks search
  • household articles; pinchers search
  • household articles; pots search
  • household articles; putty search
  • household articles; sifters search
  • household articles; skillets search
  • household articles; tablecloths search
  • household articles; tape search
  • household articles; thread search
  • household articles; tumblers search
  • household articles; tureens search
  • household articles; turpentine search
  • household articles; wineglasses search
  • iron; bar search
  • knives; shoemaker’s search
  • knives; TJ orders search
  • lampblack search
  • lead; bar search
  • lead; white search
  • Leitch, James; account with TJ search
  • Leitch, James; extracts from daybook of search
  • Leitch, James; letter from accounted for search
  • Leitch, James; makes payments for TJ search
  • Leitch, James; TJ orders goods from search
  • linen search
  • locks; padlocks search
  • Meeks, Edmund; TJ pays search
  • mustard; purchased by TJ search
  • nails; brads search
  • nails; purchased by TJ search
  • nails; sprigs search
  • nutmeg search
  • osnaburg (oznabrig, oznaburg); fabric search
  • osnaburg (oznabrig, oznaburg); thread search
  • oysters search
  • pantaloons search
  • paper; sandpaper search
  • pelisse cloth search
  • pots; butter search
  • pots; TJ orders search
  • putty search
  • Randolph, Cornelia Jefferson (TJ’s granddaughter); purchases goods search
  • Randolph, James Madison (TJ’s grandson); shotgun for search
  • Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy; TJ’s daughter; Thomas Mann Randolph’s wife); purchases goods search
  • rasps (tools) search
  • salt; TJ acquires search
  • sandpaper search
  • saws; crosscut search
  • saws; handsaws search
  • saws; whip search
  • screws search
  • shirting (textile) search
  • shoes; brushes for search
  • shoes; shoemaker’s knife search
  • sifters; wire search
  • silk; C. J. Randolph purchases search
  • silk; M. J. Randolph purchases search
  • silk; TJ orders search
  • skillets search
  • spices; nutmeg search
  • stationery; letter paper search
  • steel; blistered search
  • steel; German search
  • sugar; loaf search
  • tablecloths search
  • textiles; bombazine search
  • textiles; domestic search
  • textiles; dowlas search
  • textiles; fearnought search
  • textiles; flannel search
  • textiles; holland search
  • textiles; linen search
  • textiles; lutestring search
  • textiles; nankeen search
  • textiles; osnaburg search
  • textiles; pelisse cloth search
  • textiles; plain cloth search
  • textiles; ribbon search
  • textiles; shirting search
  • textiles; silk search
  • textiles; ticking search
  • textiles; Ticklenburg search
  • Thomas, John L.; TJ pays search
  • thread search
  • ticking (textile) search
  • Ticklenburg (textile) search
  • tools; augers search
  • tools; awls search
  • tools; crosscut saw search
  • tools; files search
  • tools; gimlets search
  • tools; handsaws search
  • tools; rasps search
  • tools; sandpaper search
  • tools; shoemaker’s knife search
  • tools; whipsaws search
  • tumblers (drinking vessels) search
  • turpentine; spirit of search
  • Wells, John Clark; and TJ’s bond search
  • whiskey; TJ orders search
  • white lead search
  • wine; glasses for search
  • wool; cards search
  • wool; forest cloth search

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Jefferson Papers
Title
Thomas Jefferson’s Transactions with James Leitch, 20 September 1822–3 May 1823
Author
Leitch, James
Recipient
Jefferson, Thomas
Date
September 1822 – May 1823

Reference

Cite as
“Thomas Jefferson’s Transactions with James Leitch, 20 September 1822–3 May 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0004. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 19, 16 September 1822 to 30 June 1823, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, pp. 8–16.]

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