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Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Tobacco Sales, 26 June 1823
Account with Bernard Peyton for Tobacco Sales
| Sales Ten Hhds: Tobacco by Bernard Peyton | ||||||||||
| for ℀. Mr Thomas Jefferson | ||||||||||
| 1823 Richd | ||||||||||
| 23 June— | To Sundry persons, | Viz:— | ||||||||
| T.J. | No 1. | 1590–150–1440 | ℔s: nett to Ben: Hatcher at | $9. | 20 | $132. | 48 | |||
| 〃 | 〃 2 | 1620=150=1470 |  |
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| 〃 | 〃 3. | 1660=160=1500 | ||||||||
| 〃 | 〃 4 | 1610=150=1460 | ||||||||
| 〃 | 〃 5 | 1460=150=1310 | ||||||||
| 〃 | 〃 7 | 1575=148=1427 | ||||||||
| 〃 | 〃 8 | 1600=160=1440 | = 8607 ℔s: nett to Kerr & Caskie | @ | $6. | 95 | 598. | 19 | ||
| 〃 | 〃 6 | 1490=148=1342 | ℔s: nett to Ro. Graham | 〃 | 9. | 00 | 120. | 78 | ||
| 〃 | 〃 9 | 1600=150=1450 | |
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| 〃 | 〃 10 | 1535=145=1390 | = 28401 ℔s nett to R. & T. Gwathmey | 〃 | 5. | 65 | 160. | 46 | ||
| $1,011. | 91 | |||||||||
| Charges:— | ||||||||||
| To Cash pd freight 14,9932 ℔s: nett at 2/6. | $62. | 47 | ||||||||
| 〃 〃 〃 for Notes @ 3/– $5.00. Drayage at 9/– $15.00 | 20. | 00 | ||||||||
| 〃 Commission at 2½ pr Cent | 25. | 30 | $107. | 77 | ||||||
| Nett prcds: at cr T.J | $904. | 14 | ||||||||
| E.E. | |
| Bernard Peyton | |
| ⅌r N. N. Wilkinson | |
| Richd 26 June 1823— |
MS (MHi); entirely in N. N. Wilkinson’s hand, except as noted below; endorsed by TJ: “Peyton Bernard June 23. 23”; with additional notation by TJ beneath endorsement: “sale of 10. hhds P.F. [i.e., Poplar Forest] tobo”; calculation by TJ adjacent to signatures: “
| 142,29 |107.77 | ( | .75 | charges pr hundred |
| 7.11 | |||
| 6.36 | nett proceeds |
e.e.: “Errors Excepted.”
A letter from Peyton to TJ of 23 June 1823, not found, is recorded in SJL as received from Richmond two days later. A second letter from Peyton of 23 June 1823, also missing and possibly a misdated covering letter for the above account, is recorded in SJL as received 29 June 1823 from Richmond.
1. Beneath this number TJ drew a rule and “14229 | 1011.91 (7.11.”
2. TJ wrote “14229” above this number.
Index Entries
- Graham, Robert (of Richmond); buys TJ’s tobacco search
- Hatcher, Benjamin; buys TJ’s tobacco search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells tobacco search
- Kerr & Caskie (Manchester, Va. firm); buys TJ’s tobacco search
- Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s tobacco search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from accounted for search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); tobacco grown at search
- Richmond, Va.; TJ’s tobacco sold at search
- Robert & Temple Gwathmey (Richmond firm) search
- tobacco; grown at Poplar Forest search
- tobacco; sale of search
- Wilkinson, N. N.; as clerk for B. Peyton search