Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, [9] July 1823
To Bernard Peyton
Mo July 8. [9] 23.
Dear Sir
I must ask the favor of you to procure for me a safe bill of excha. on London to nett there, clear of excha. 444.D. payable to mr Saml Williams No 13. Finsbury square London, forwarding with it the inclosed letter which advises him of it’s purpose.1 send me if you please2 the triplicate
I must request you also to send me by the 1st3 waggon 8. boxes of tin, and by the boats 6. barrels of herrings and 1. of shad. from some gentleman of Boston in Richmond I used to get Cod’s tongues & sounds. if now to be had I should be glad of a keg.
Th:J.
P.S. I must beg leave to refresh your memory by a reference to my letter of May 10. on the subject of nailrod which may come by boat4 with the fish.
Dft (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of Peter Maverick to TJ, 7 Dec. 1822; misdated; at foot of text: “Colo B. Peyton”; endorsed by TJ as a letter of 9 July 1823 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: TJ to Samuel Williams, 9 July 1823.
The gentleman of boston in richmond was probably James Baker.
1. Word interlined in place of “application.”
2. Preceding three words interlined.
3. Preceding two words interlined.
4. Manuscript: “boad.”
Index Entries
- Appleton, Thomas; TJ pays search
- Baker, James; as Richmond merchant search
- boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
- building materials; tin search
- cod; tongues and sounds search
- fish; herring search
- fish; shad search
- fish; tongues and sounds search
- food; cod tongues and sounds search
- food; herring search
- food; shad search
- herring; TJ orders search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with T. Appleton search
- naileries; nail-rod and iron stock search
- Peyton, Bernard; and fish for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and goods for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and nail-rod for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters to search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Richmond, Va.; boat carriage to and from search
- Richmond, Va.; wagon carriage to and from search
- shad; TJ orders search
- tin; TJ buys search
- wagons; transport goods to and from Richmond search
- Williams, Samuel (ca.1759–1841); and remittances to T. Appleton search