Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales, 25 March 1824
Enclosure
Account with Bernard Peyton for Flour Sales
| Sales of Twelve Barrels Superfine flour by Bernard Peyton | ||||||||
| for ℀. Thomas Jefferson esqr— | ||||||||
| 1824 Richd | ||||||||
| 25 March— | To Thomas May for Cash in Store— | |||||||
| 12 | Barrels Superfine flour at $5¼ | $63. | 00 | |||||
| Charges. | ||||||||
| Cash pd frght at 45¢. ⅌r bll $5.40 Canal Toll $1.25 | $6. | 65 | ||||||
| 〃 〃 Drayage 25¢. Storage 96¢. Inspection 24¢. | 1. | 45 | ||||||
| Commission at 2½ ⅌r cent | 1. | 57 | $ 9. | 67 | ||||
| Nett prcds at cr T.J. | 53. | 33 | ||||||
| E.E. | ||||||||
| Bernard Peyton |
| ⅌. N. N. Wilkinson |
| Richd 25th March 1824 |
MS (MHi); entirely in N. N. Wilkinson’s hand; with covering letter subjoined; calculation by TJ adjacent to first signature: “12|:53.33 (4.44.”
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
- May, Thomas; buys 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