Thomas Jefferson to James Rawlings, 13 June 1823
To James Rawlings
Monticello June 13. 23.
Dear Sir
I have been more tardy in remitting to you my balance for insurance than I expected at the date of my letter of October last, because I have been later in getting my produce to market. I now inclose you an order on Colo Bernard Peyton for1 the amount as below.
The last remains of the ruins at Milton for which the insurance was reduced to 1.54 D are now not worth a cent, and I wish to withdraw them from insurance after the present year, but I do not know the legal form. will you do me the favor to send me a form which I will sign and return you by mail? accept the assurance of my great esteem & respect.
Th: Jefferson
| for | Monticello. | principal for 21.22. & deficiency2 | 53. | 88 | |
| Int. on do to Sep. 1. 22. | 1. | 53 | |||
| for | Milton. | principal from 1809–Sep. 1.3 22. | 21. | 56 | |
| Int. on do to Sep. 1. 22 | 7. | 43 | |||
| int. on 75.44. from Sep. 1. 22 till pd abt | 3. | 06 | to make a round result4 | ||
| for | Milton insurance5 for 1823. | 1. | 54 | ||
| about6 | 89. | 77.7 | |||
| 15 | |||||
| 74. | 77 | ||||
RC (FMU: Thomas Jefferson Collection); addressed: “Mr James Rawlings Richmond”; franked; postmarked; endorsed by Rawlings. Dft (MHi); on verso of a reused address cover from Thomas Appleton to TJ; with related calculations by TJ at foot of text; endorsed by TJ. Enclosure not found.
1. Remainder of sentence interlined in Dft in place of reworked and partially uncanceled text reading: “84.40 the amt of princip. & int. to Sep. 1. 22. also 1.54 for the present year and also interest on 53.88 + 21.56 = 75.44 from that date till paid which will be between 3. & 4.D. additional; say in the whole about 89.D.”
2. Preceding two words added in RC and Dft.
3. Preceding two words not in Dft.
4. Preceding five words not in Dft.
5. Instead of preceding three words, Dft reads “principal for Milton.”
6. Word not in Dft.
7. Preceding two digits and remaining text added in Rawlings’s hand.
Index Entries
- Milton, Va.; warehouses at search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); insurance on search
- Mutual Assurance Society; and Milton warehouses search
- Mutual Assurance Society; and TJ’s insurance search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Rawlings, James; and Mutual Assurance Society search
- Rawlings, James; letters to search