Thomas Jefferson Papers

Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 10 October 1822, with Jefferson’s Note

From Bernard Peyton, with Jefferson’s Note

Richd 10 Octr 1822

Dear sir

Agreeable to your request hand herewith statement: your ℀ to 10th Inst:—which I have no doubt will be found correct—

With great respect Dr sir

Yours very Truly

B. Peyton

Flour $6 @ 6⅛

wheat 120¢

[Note by TJ beneath endorsement:]

Leitch  60.
Sher.  Alb.  130.90
Bed 100+
Bacon otherwise
Nov. 17. 300. Sims
Barrett
Bk notes

RC (MHi); dateline beneath signature; addressed: “Mr Jefferson Monticello Charlottesville”; franked; postmarked Richmond, 10 Oct.; endorsed by TJ as received 12 Oct. 1822 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure not found.

Index Entries

  • A. Robertson & Company (firm); TJ’s debt to search
  • Albemarle County, Va.; sheriff of search
  • Albemarle County, Va.; taxation of property in search
  • Bacon, Edmund; TJ’s account with search
  • Barret, William; and TJ’s debt to A. Robertson & Company search
  • Bedford County, Va.; sheriff of search
  • Bedford County, Va.; taxation on property in search
  • flour; price of search
  • Leitch, James; account with TJ search
  • Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
  • Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s bank notes search
  • Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
  • Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search
  • Richmond, Va.; wheat prices in search
  • Sims, William M.; TJ pays search
  • taxes; TJ pays search
  • wheat; price of search