Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 28 August 1823
From Bernard Peyton
Richd 28 Augt 1823
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 25th: curt, covering blanks for the renewal of your notes at Bank, have been received, & shall be attended to—
I hold William Dabney’s receipt, dated 22d July 1823, for six Barrels of Herrings, and one of Shad, which he binds himself to deliver in good order to you, at Monticello:—what can have become of him, & the Fish, I cannot conjecture, it is not improbable however, that he has stored them some where on the River, until the water, & his other arrangements, may suit to carry them up without inconvenience to himself, for which he certainly should be held accountable—
I will make dilligent search for a good New England cheese for you, if I succeed, will immediately forward it, by a Waggon, to Charlottesville, care Raphael, of which you shall be also advised—
Bernard Peyton
Flour $5½ no demd
Wheat $1 @ 104 brisk
I am sincerely pleased to hear you have recovered your health again—hope to see you at Monticello about middle next Month
B.P.
RC (MHi); dateline beneath full signature; endorsed by TJ as received 31 Aug. 1823 and so recorded in SJL.
Index Entries
- boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
- cheese; New England search
- Dabney, William (alias William D. Statham; boatman) search
- fish; herring search
- fish; shad search
- flour; price of search
- food; cheese search
- food; herring search
- food; shad search
- herring; sent to TJ search
- New England; cheese search
- Peyton, Bernard; and fish for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and goods for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s bank notes search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s health search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Peyton, Bernard; plans to visit Monticello search
- Raphael, Isaac; and goods for TJ search
- Richmond, Va.; boat carriage to and from search
- Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search
- Richmond, Va.; wagon carriage to and from search
- Richmond, Va.; wheat prices in search
- shad; TJ purchases search
- wagons; transport goods to and from Richmond search
- wheat; price of in Richmond search