James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Benjamin Aydelott, 5 April 1816

From Benjamin Aydelott

Westport April 5 1816

James Madison in A/c with Benjn Aydelott

To 2 yds cloth 48/- $16.00
2 9/11 Do cotton cassia 3/9   1.75
3 Do Shirting 3/-   1.50
¼ Do Mull 9/-     37½
½ Do Buckram 3/-     25
3 Skeins Silk & twist     37½
1 Doz Buttons     12½
1 Hkfs 4/6-     75
1 pr Socks 6/-   1.00
4 Combs @ 1/6 $22 12½
  1.00
$23 12½
Benjn. Aydelott1
April 9
To 4 yds Nankean @3/9   2.50
2 Pencils 9d   0.25
1 Knife 3/9   0.62½ $3.37½
Amt $26.50

B.A.

RC (DLC).

1. Benjamin Aydelott owned a dry goods store in Corydon, Indiana (PJM-RS, description begins David B. Mattern et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Retirement Series (2 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 2009–). description ends 1:461 n. 1).

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    To James Madison from Benjamin Aydelott, 5 April 1816
    Author
    Aydelott, Benjamin
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    5 April 1816

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    “To James Madison from Benjamin Aydelott, 5 April 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0364. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 340.]

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