Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1824
From Bernard Peyton
Richd 12 Feby 1824—
Dear Sir,
Your esteemd favor 9th curt is now before me— I have this day paid your dft:, favor J. & Raphael, for $200 Dollars, & will, by next mail, remit John Barnes of Geo: Town, $65.25 Dollars, for ℀ Col John Trumbull, as you request—
Mr Smith has no Glass on hand, at present, but has this day ordered from Boston, the quantity & sizes you wish, which shall be forwarded to you, as soon as recd here— The Ten Boxes of Tin ordd, shall be forwarded by the first Waggon, to Charlottesville, care J. & Raphael—
I am this day advised of the ship’t 3 casks Wine for you, by Th: Cox of Plymouth N.C—which shall be ford to you, when to hand, tho’ it will be a considerable time reaching here, in all probability, having to be reshipd at Norfolk—
With great respect Dr sir
B. Peyton
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 17 Feb. 1824 and so recorded in SJL; with repeated dateline beneath signature editorially omitted.
Index Entries
- Barnes, John; handles financial transactions search
- boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
- Boston, Mass.; glass from search
- building materials; tin search
- building materials; window glass search
- Cox, Thomas; and scuppernong wine search
- glass, window; TJ orders search
- Jacobs & Raphael (Charlottesville firm); and packages for TJ search
- Jacobs & Raphael (Charlottesville firm); TJ pays search
- Peyton, Bernard; and goods for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; forwards goods for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Richmond, Va.; boat carriage to and from search
- Smith, Andrew; and glass for TJ search
- tin; TJ buys search
- Trumbull, John (artist); TJ pays search
- wine; sent to TJ search