1To Thomas Jefferson from George Helmbold, 12 [i.e. 11] May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I once more intrude myself upon your notice and beg your attention to an object worthy of a mind like yours. Mr. G. Stuart the celebrated Portrait Painter has by a strange fatality of circumstances involved himself and nine children in a situation the most distressing that can be conceived—His houshold furniture, little specimens of genius exhibited by his son, nay, even the last bed has been...
2Memorandum Books, 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 1. Recd. from Jonathan Shoemaker on acct. 50.D. Pd. Edmund Bacon 70.D. out of which he is to pay Wm. Anderson for 25. B. corn @ 14/ 58.33 leaves balce. 11.67. 2. Pd. him 7.D. which with the balance of 11.67 yesterday enables him to pay a balance 18.D. still due Wm. Bacon for the beef mentd. ante Dec. 28. Note he has bot. a sorrel mare for work at Lego for £6–10 paiable at the rising of...
3Memorandum Books, 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 3. Charge John Perry 40. bushels of wheat delivd. him by McGehee on my order, at the agreed price of 9/. 6. Hhd. xp. 2.D. 7. Jerry exp. to Bedford 3.D. 8. Gave my note to George Gilmer for 120.D. for two mules paiable within the first week of April. Gave E. Bacon to pay Dettor for beef 23.17. 12.
4Memorandum Books, 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 3. Borrowed of D. Higginbotham 20.D. Jan. 4. Gave in charity 1.D. Drew on Gibson & Jefferson for 60.D. in favor of Joel Shifflet on the order of James Salmons. 6. Charity 1.D. Gave my note to Clifton Rhodes for 71.32 D. for 6. beeves bought, payable Aug. 9. ensuing. Gave my note to Charles Vest by order of Thos. Hunton for a mule bought of him for 55.D. payable May 1. 11.
5Memorandum Books, 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 5. Hhd. exp. 1. 6. Recd. a pr. of millstones 4 f. 1.I. diam. from the blue ridge. Jerem. Yancey for the stone 5.
6Memorandum Books, 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 3. Recd. of Gibson & Jeff. 75.D. 4. Gave my note to Wm. Bacon for 30.D. with interest from Nov. 21. 1812. for beeves bought. Pd. E. Bacon for Richard Bruce 20.B. Corn 56. 67
7Memorandum Books, 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 1. Hhd. exp. 5.D. Bought a horse, a Bedford, of Pleasant German, for which I am to give him my note for 100.D. payable in a year. The horse was 6. y. old last spring, bright bay, with a blaze face, right hind foot white. 3. Hhd. exp. 4.D. 5. Recd. from D. Higginbotham 20.D. balance of the draught entd. Dec. 26. 7. Recd. from P. Gibson 100.D. Drew on do. in favr. Th:J. Randolph for...
8Memorandum Books, 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 2. Renewed my note in bank of 2000.D. for the 19th. inst. 5. Borrowed of Mr. Leitch 20.D. 7. Sewers 1.D. 8. Hhd. exp. 2.D. 10. Recd. of Th:J. Randolph 50.D. 13.
9Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Joseph Dougherty, [4–10 March 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq r To Jo s Dougherty D r D –cts To 40 30 bushels oats a 40 cts per bushel 12 –00 To a stable broom
10Students of Jefferson College to Thomas Jefferson, 4 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
As you now retire from the great theatre of political action, after having spent a number of years in the immediate service of your country—Permit us to hail your retreat from the important office you so lately filled with honor and dignity—to the calm retreats of domestic life. With hearts abounding with gratitude to you as an instrument in the hand of divine Providence, in promoting the...