Thomas Jefferson Papers

Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 5 January 1824

Enclosure

Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales

Sales of One hundred fifty two Barrels flour by B. Peyton
for . Thomas Jefferson Esq:
1823 Richd
Dec. 31. To Jno & Wm Gilliat at 60 days in Store
140 Blls: Superfine flour at $5⅛ $717. 50
 12 do. Fine   do.    4¾ 57. 00
$774. 50
Charges.
Cash pd frght 50 Blls. at 53¢. & 102 at 50¢. $77. 50
Canal Toll $15.84 Drayage $3.17. Storage $12.16 31. 17
Inspection $3.04 Comisn at 2½ ⅌rct. $19.36 22. 40  $131. 07
Nett prcds $643. 43
E.E.
Bernard Peyton
r N. N. Wilkinson

MS (MHi); entirely in N. N. Wilkinson’s hand; with covering letter subjoined; related calculations by TJ adjacent to signatures: “

152  643.43 (4.23
 608
  354
  304
  503
.”

e.e.: “Errors Excepted.”

Index Entries

  • canals; and transportation costs search
  • flour; at Richmond search
  • flour; price of search
  • flour; sale of search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sells flour search
  • John & William Gilliat (Richmond firm); purchases TJ’s flour search
  • Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
  • Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s flour search
  • Richmond, Va.; flour prices at search
  • Wilkinson, N. N.; as clerk for B. Peyton search