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Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Bedford and Campbell County Property Subject to State Tax, 11 February 1815

Statement of Bedford and Campbell County Property Subject to State Tax

Property in Bedford and Campbell taxed by the State.

D   C
46. slaves of 12. years old & upwards. @  80.  cents    36. 80
 of 9. years and under 12. @ 50  19. 501
12. horses and colts @ 21. 2. 52
39. cattle @ 3. 1. 17
4. bookcases with mahogany sashes @ 50. 2.
3. parts of Dining tables mahogany @ 25. . 75
4. Pembroke tables, say tea tables.2 mahogany  @ 25. 1.  
63. 74

3790. acres of land @ 85. cents on the 100.D. value

a Dwelling house (of more than 500.D. value)

Th: Jefferson
Monticello Feb. 11. 15.

MS (Christie’s, New York City, 2004); entirely in TJ’s hand; with TJ’s Statement of Bedford and Campbell County Property Subject to Federal Tax, 11 Feb. 1815, on other side of sheet.

1. TJ calculated this entry as if all thirty-nine of his Bedford and Campbell County slaves under the age of twelve were between nine and eleven years old.

2. Manuscript: “teatables.”

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Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Bedford and Campbell County Property Subject to State Tax, 11 February 1815
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Jefferson, Thomas
Date
11 February 1815

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“Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Bedford and Campbell County Property Subject to State Tax, 11 February 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-08-02-0205. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 8, 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011, p. 256.]