James Rawlings to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1823
From James Rawlings
Office of the Mutual Asse Socy
Richmond
19 June 1823.
Dear Sir,
I have recvd your favour of 13t Inst with a draft on Colo Bernard Peyton for the amount of your quotas due to this society—. That draft has been duly honoured, and I have now to acknowledge the receipt, thro’ that medium of $8977⁄100 in full of all demands of this society on your property at Monticello, and also in full of all claims up to and including the quota of 1823 on the building in Milton marked B in declaration No 337 made by the Heirs of Bennet Henderson decsd
The form of a notice to withdraw the Insurance from the property in Milton, is enclosed, which when executed by you, and returned here, will authorise a discharge as to that property.
With the greatest respect and esteem I am
| James Rawlings |
| P. Agt M A Sy. |
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 22 June 1823 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with FC of TJ to Theodorus Bailey, 8 Oct. 1823, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello”; franked; postmarked Richmond, 19 June.
For declaration no 337, see Mutual Assurance Society Account for Insuring Milton Warehouses, [ca. 1 Sept. 1811], and note. The enclosed notice to withdraw the insurance, a printed form with blanks partially filled in by Rawlings, is printed below at 3 July 1823, the date TJ completed it and returned it to Rawlings. p. agt m a sy.: “Principal Agent Mutual Assurance Society.”
Index Entries
- Henderson, Bennett; legatees of search
- 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 from search