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Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Bernard Peyton for Tobacco Sales, 4 June 1822
Account with Bernard Peyton for Tobacco Sales
Sales four Hhds: Leaf Tobacco by B. Peyton
for ℀ Mr Th: Jefferson
1822 Richd
4 June To sundry persons for Cash (viz)
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℔s | |||||||||||||
| 7= | 17701 | − | 160= | 1610 | nett | to | T. Adkins | at | $6. | 30 | $101.43 | |||
| 〃 | 〃 | 8= | 1965 | − | 165= | 1800 | 〃 | 〃 | Rutherford | 〃 | 7. | 00 | 〃126.00 | |
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〃 | 〃 | 9= | 1660 | = | == | 1500 | 〃 | 〃 | Gray | 〃 | 6. | 05 | 〃 90.75 |
| 〃 | 〃 | 10= | 1500 | − | 152= | 1348 | 〃 | 〃 | Caskie | 〃 | 12. | 40 | 〃167.15 | |
| 6,258 | nett | $485.33 | ||||||||||||
| Charges | ||||||||||||||
| cash pd fght: on 6258 ℔s nett at 2/– pr hund | $20.88 | |||||||||||||
| 〃 〃 for notes $2, Canal Toll $1.67 | 〃 3.67 | |||||||||||||
| Drayage 80 ¢, Comssn at 2½ pr ct $12.13 | 〃12.93 | 〃 37.48 | ||||||||||||
| Nett prcds: at Cr T. J. | $447.85 | |||||||||||||
| E.E. | ||||||||||||||
B.P:
MS (MHi); in Peyton’s hand; endorsed by TJ: “Peyton Bernd sale of. June 4. 22”; with related calculations by TJ beneath endorsement: “
| ℔ | D |
| 62.58| | 485.33 (7.75½ |
| 43806 | |
| 47270 | |
| 43806 | |
| 34640 | |
| 31290 | |
| 3350.” |
and 
are cask marks standing for Thomas Jefferson Randolph and Thomas Mann Randolph, respectively. e.e.: “Errors Excepted.”
1. Equal signs in the following column editorially altered to minus signs.
Index Entries
- Adkins, T.; buys TJ’s tobacco search
- canals; and transportation costs search
- Caskie, Mr.; buys TJ’s tobacco search
- Gray, Mr.; buys TJ’s tobacco search
- Peyton, Bernard; account with TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; as T. J. Randolph’s agent search
- Peyton, Bernard; as T. M. Randolph’s agent search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792–1875) (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); sells tobacco search
- Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828) (TJ’s son-in-law; Martha Jefferson Randolph’s husband); sells tobacco search
- Richmond, Va.; tobacco prices at search
- Richmond, Va.; tobacco sold at search
- Rutherford, Mr.; buys TJ’s tobacco search
- tobacco; price of in Richmond search
- tobacco; sale of search