Receipt from Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 29 October 1822

Receipt from Arthur S. Brockenbrough

Recd of Mr Jefferson seventeen dollars 70 cents for a keg of Nails, Waggonage & a parcel Nails by Mr Brooks

A. S. Brockenbrough P—

Oct 29h 1822

MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 223:39789–91); written in Brockenbrough’s hand on a small slip; endorsed by TJ, with his notation: “17.70.”

Filed with this receipt are two related, undated documents entirely in Brockenbrough’s hand. The first is on a narrow slip (with portion of unrelated document on verso) noting “9½lb Nails for Mr Jefferson.” The second, also on a narrow slip with a printed ornamental header (one word illegible), reads “

	Cts
1 Keg Nails	139[lb] 11–	15.	29
Keg	25		25
		$15.	54
Waggonage		1.	11¾
		$16.	65¼

,” with Brockenbrough’s endorsement on verso: “Bill of Nails for Mr Jefferson.” In his financial records for 29 Oct. 1822, TJ noted that he had paid Brockenbrough seventeen dollars 70 cents for “3d nails” ( description begins James A. Bear Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1390). p—: “Proctor.”

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Brooks, Absalom H.; transports goods search
building materials; nails search
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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Receipt from Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 29 October 1822
Author: Brockenbrough, Arthur S.
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 29 October 1822

Reference

Cite as: “Receipt from Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 29 October 1822,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0074. [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. 102–103.]

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