Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Account with John Gorman, [ca. 30 August 1823]
Notes on Account with John Gorman
[ca. 30 Aug. 1823]
Observns on mr Gorman’s account.
deducting hauling, the balance for work is 249.23 D
suppose Gorman’s & Campbell’s work @ 1.50 a day each
and Thrimston’s at the half, to wit .75
then the daily wages of all amounted to 3.75
| D | ||||||||
| 3 men then working together, | 2 at 3. | a day | earn | 249. | 23 | |||
| 1 at . | 75 | |||||||
| 3. | 75 | |||||||
| the share of the lowest1 is 75⁄375 or ⅕ to wit | 49. | 84 | ||||||
| and the share of the other two is | 199. | 39 | ||||||
| add for hauling 10.D. makes the amount | 209. | 392 | ||||||
| my assumpsit to mr Leitch havg been | 200. | |||||||
| leaves balance | 9. | 393 | ||||||
MS (MHi); on verso of portion of reused address cover to TJ; in TJ’s hand; undated.
By an assumpsit to James Leitch, on 17 Jan. 1823 TJ promised to serve as “security for John Gorman for 200 D. payable in 12. months” (MB, 2:1392).
1. Word interlined in place of “whole.”
2. Line interlined.
3. Line reworked from “overpaid the debt by .61.”
Index Entries
- Campbell, James (of Virginia); and stonework for Monticello search
- Gorman, John; and debt to J. Leitch search
- Gorman, John; as stonecutter search
- Gorman, John; TJ’s account with search
- Hern, Thrimston (Thrimson) (TJ’s slave; b. ca.1799); and J. Gorman search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with J. Gorman search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; as security for J. Gorman search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Notes on Account with John Gorman search
- Leitch, James; and loan to J. Gorman search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); columns at search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); West Portico search