Thomas Jefferson to LeRoy, Bayard & Company, 8 July 1823
To LeRoy, Bayard & Company
Monticello July 8. 23.
Messrs Leroy and Bayard
You have reason to believe I am unmindful that I ought ere this to have remitted you the amount of my last bond. but it is duly in mind1 altho’ delayed. my resources for payment as stated to you on former occasions,2 are the produce of my farms.3 they have usually got to Richmond4 in June; but are tardier this year than ever. calculating the passage of my tobacco5 down the river and time for inspection and sale, I shall be able to remit you one half the amount by the end of this month, and the other half soon after. I have thought it a duty to remove suspense on the subject.6 always acknoleging the kindness of your indulgence I salute you ever7 with friendship and respect.
Th: Jefferson
RC (NN: Thomas Jefferson Papers); endorsed by a representative of LeRoy, Bayard & Company. Dft (MoSHi: TJC-BC); on verso of a reused address cover from Arthur S. Brockenbrough to TJ; endorsed by TJ.
1. Reworked in Dft from “but I keep it in mind.”
2. Preceding eight words interlined in Dft in place of “doing this.”
3. Dft here adds “which are very distant from market.”
4. Word interlined in place of “market.”
5. Reworked in Dft from “calculating their passage.”
6. Sentence interlined in Dft.
7. Word added in margin of RC and Dft.
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