1Edmund Bacon’s Account of Thomas Jefferson’s Reception at Culpeper Court House, [13 March 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
We got loaded up ready to start home, and I left Washington on the third of March. Mr. Jefferson stayed to attend the inauguration, but overtook us before we got home. I had three wagons from Monticello —two six-mule teams loaded with boxes, and the other four sorrel Chickasaw horses, and the wagon pretty much loaded with shrubbery from Maine’s nursery . The servants rode on these wagons. I...
2Agreement with Richard Durrett, 28 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
It is agreed Betwen Thomas Jefferson and Richard Durrett Both of the County of Albemarle that the said Durrett shall serve the said Jefferson one yeare as a Carpenter. and the said Durrett do by these presents Oblige himself to do what ever work the said Jefferson shall require in the Business of Carpenters work and the said Durrett Obliges himself to faithfully do his duty. the yeare...
3Contract to Purchase Corn from Craven Peyton, 13 October 1813, with Subsequent Receipts (Jefferson Papers)
M. Bacon & C. Peyton have bargained for all the corn C. Peyton may have to sell—except about Seventy barrells—that is C.P. is to let M. Bacon hav e One hundred Barrells if he makes as much to sell aftar deducting the above Seventy; the Corn to be recav d between the 1 st & tenth of Nov r On the rivar bank. at Twenty Shilling ⅌ barrell payable on the
4Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 8 November 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
a few days ago the inclosed note came to me from the contents I presume you pobably made application for cider. my not Knowing any thing Possitive about it I consider it most Proper to inclose the note so that you may compleatly understand the matter. I sent in answer to the inclosed that I expected you would send according to the day appointed. I apprehend the cart will be down before that...
5Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The time has at length arrive when the situation of my family requires that I should indeavour to get a home my three sons haveing now arrive to an age and size necessary to commence the maner of labour by which they must get their living I must really declare that nothing but necessaty induceis me to Proceede in the undertaking which I now think of ingageing with my intention is to indeavour...
6Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 8 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr York says he had no instructions to recieve the money for the mules and that Mr. Munroe had never authorised him to recieve his money. shall I write to to Mr Mun r oe informing him I have the money ready to pay to any Person he will direct or mention to recieve it. we have been cuting clover too days. it is not a very good chance to save clover hay as the land is very rough and the clover...
7Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, [15] November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I find it is necessary that I should arrainge all my little might of money to the best advantage that none should lie without drawing Interst altho it would be compound interst yet I Consider it Just. I dont wish to draw a single dollar out of your hands if it soots you to give me interst upon the whole amount say $1247.27. it is what I would Prefer. otherwise it would be more to my advantage...
8Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
John sets off in the morning agreable to Your request Pearticulally examined his cart and have Put it in good condition and haveing no oats out gave him 2 bus ls corn for his mules.— after waiting untill the 7 day of this month say three days ago before I Purchased Corn at last had to give 14/. and should not have got at that Price but that the man was obliged to moove in a short time and he...
9Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 24 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I now send You a few lines upon an important subjec to me. I have long been advised by my brothers to moove to the missourie Country . I acknowledge that I have all desire to do the best I can for my family but am really sorry to leave the part of the world whare I was raised to go to a part that is unknown to me my brothers too of them has came in and says they Came with intention to go with...
10Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 14 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to trouble you againe respecting my preparation of going to the western country. I am desireous to go to view it before I carry my family if I can do so without too much inconvenience to us both as much depends on my mooving this comeing fall on a letter which I expect to recieve in a few weeks from one of my brothers. when my brothers was here in Jan:y I made arraingments with them to...
11Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 14–29 July 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
I have been very closely considering upon the business of mooving. since our last conversation I find that my family is desireous of going so that it seems that perhaps I had better try to do so for I must confess that a home of good land is very desireous. but in this attempt I consider it my duty to proceed as much to your interest as in my power. I am truly sorry that the unforchinate...
12Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 29 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
upon a close look at my ploughs I find the wood work of one requires to be made intirely new and I shall want it next week I want to set my ploughs agoing at any rate before I leave home I want to so a field of rye in August. I informed M r Randolph that I had a demand on him for money considering it best to give him time if his money was not ready his answer stron g ly insinueates that it...
13Thomas Jefferson’s Recommendation of Edmund Bacon, 15 August 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer, mr Edmund Bacon has lived with me twelve years as manager of my farm at Monticello . he goes to the Missouri to look out for lands to which he means to remove. he is an honest, correct man in his conduct and worthy of confidence in his engagements: any information or instruction which any person may give him will be worthily bestowed, and if he should apply particularly to Gov r...
14Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 25 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
It is some what possoble that I may still moove the comeing fall to the west. the certainty of my mooveing intirely depends upon an answer to a letter from me to my brothers which letter I have expected to recieve before now. should I moove I shall be Obliged to have a small waggon of some what the Kind of t your old markit waggon and as I should be obliged to have it made and the time is not...
15Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I had an offer yesterday of 50 bar ls corn at 3$ about 9 miles distant and 90 days from the middle of may for payment. we may buy at 20/ nigher but not so neare as to get home more than one load a day. I think tharefore that we had as well take that 9 miles of f as we can get one load a day. that with what we shall get from Higginbotham will Carry us on towards harvest. it seems that the mill...
16Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 19 May 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
It appears that nearly all the persons whom we owe money is desireous of recieveing it. John H Craven says that he was Obliged to borrow with the promise of returning depending upon those owing to himself Maupin the presidnt s agent says that he is in want also. Campbell has given Meeks who lives with us an order on us for what we owe to him and I have not yet Known from him whither the money...
17Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 2 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I trouble you with a few lines merly to acquaint you with my desire more fully respecting my mooving as the time or day that I consider best to set out upon my Journey being now but ninty days in the first place the day on which I my present yeare of ingagement with you ends is not untill the 22 nd day of sep r which is exactly that 22 days latter than I would wish it to be before I set off...
18Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 14 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I saw M r Pollock some days since and made the application for the money as we agreed he then said that I should have it and have to day recieved sixty three dollars. I have paid M r Craven and dont remember exactly what is due to M r Maupin as I gave you his note of the quantity of corn had from him will You be so good as to let me Know the amount due to Maupin
19Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 25 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
in makeing my arraingments to moove the ensueing fall I am under the necessaty of asking you for some advise with respect of my taking such money as will be good at Missouri I find that some people here who aught to be acquainted with the nature of the differant banks of virginia as well as the banks of some other states appeare to rather think any none of their paper at this time pearfectly...
20Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 30 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
It appears that your statement of our acc ts are correct. I have not compared it with my own but my Idea is that nothing is rong only that instead of calculateing them the time of this yeare to end on the first of sep r it may be carried to the 10 day of that month as I am shore that I cannot set of f sooner than probably the middle of the month tho it would be very important that I should set...
21Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
upon the subjec of mooving I have really considerd untill my mind is much distresed. I am desireous to come to some understanding about it. my arraingments is such that it is very important that I should go if I can but if I cannot get of f in time this fall to escape the winters weather that I should waite untill spring or fall come yeare it is tharefore important that I should not be here...
22Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 26 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you a few lines to inform You of our affairs here we have cleaned out the canal took us 4 ½ days with 13 hands. no hands of M rs Randolph & Colclasor done any part of it nor neither have they yet sent a single hand to help us tighten the dam my gang is now about it. we have got the mill at work but it has got as yet but little work the weather is very dry supposed at least one third of...
23Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 4 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 24 July I recieved yesterday—it seems that the carpenters had not arrive at the date of your letter they left here that the last week and I imagin has arrive before this time. we have a serious time here of the horrid time prospect of a crop of corn. it is considerd by the people Genrally that all the raine that could fall would not make half a crop I consider the prospect fully...
24Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 4 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I drop you a few lines to inform you of our affairs here the mill is doing a good business it gets about 10 bushels in 24 hours we run both pair of stones nearly constantly we have nearly 300 bushels tole at present on hand the custom is about at a stand. the tightening that we done to the dam some weeks ago serves to give us a tollerable supply of water to both mills they are full of both...
25Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Edmund Bacon, [ca. 1 May 1820], with Jefferson’s Note, 25 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
C r 1819 Received from John Wells $ 200 a horse 120 An Order on the mill for ofall 4 324 D r Sep r 22. 1820 1819
26Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
for several weeks past I have been closely useing my best indeavours to make collections of my money. I have the sum of 1800 dollars divided out in the hands of five differant persons hands all of which whom I considerd quite good to pay me at any moment. they now say they will pay me as soon as they can get their wheat in markit others say they will pay me if they can borrow money so that I...
27Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 16 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Some time last yeare I proposed buying the little markit waggon of you I got Mr Randolph to look at it and to say what he considerd it to be worth he said that he considerd it worth 70 or 75 dollars I disremember which at the same time we discoverd that some parts of it required some little repairs which M r Randolph said could be done and which he included in the price then fixed on the...
28Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 29 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
some few days since M r Randolph and myself had some conversation on the subjec of my moove and it so happened that I had informed him of my application to you to see if it could soot you in case that I could not so arrainge my affairs to get off in time whither I could be permitted to go on horse back myself and that your answer was Opposed to it unless a person of skill could be had during...
29Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, [before 1 August 1820] (Jefferson Papers)
I send you a list of my own family. Mr Meeks ’s & Carden s with the age opposite each name age Edmund Bacon 35 . years old Edmund Meeks 28 years old Ann Bacon
30Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 21 November 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you a line informing you that Mr Meeks is not disposed to remaine with us the ensueing Yeare. he has not given me the information himself but his wife informed my family that he intended going away. what proves the thing to me I saw a cart th at his house loading with his cabage yesterday I inquired whare they was carrying them to the reply was to the place that he was to live at the...