1Thomas Jefferson’s Order on Bernard Peyton for “George G. Leiper,” 11 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Pay to George G. Lieper or order seventy five Dollars for value recieved on account of Sir Mr Raphael is requested to furnish mr Lieper cash for this. MS ( MHi ); written on a half sheet; signature torn to cancel order; adjacent to signature: “Col o Bernard Peyton Richmond .” Enclosed in “George G. Leiper” to TJ, 11 Apr. 1822 .
2Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 14 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
In a letter addressed to mr Dearborne I inclose this which covers the one to mr Gray which Jefferson told me would be acceptable to you.— about 20. years ago, mr Stewart of Boston drew my portrait, for which I then paid him 100.D. about 12. or 15. years ago he desired me to set for him again saying he did not like the former portrait & would rather draw another for me. I sat for him, and...
3Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 18 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote about a week ago to mr Yancey to hurry down my tob o from Bedford . it was lying at Lynchbg so I presume will be with you in the course of a week. I expect too that the mill here is now ready to begin to deliver my flour. our river being swoln by the rains I have been unable to go there to inform myself of a certainty. I have a note in the Virginia bank for 1125.D. renewable on the 22...
4Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 16 September 1820, with Jefferson’s Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the 1 st week of Oct. perhaps on the 3 d or 4 th day mr Eppes will deposit with his agent in Richmond , 500.D. subject to my order. this is intended to meet the curtailment of October of which you were so kind as to give me timely notice . at the same time perhaps, or if not, then certainly in all that month he will deposit 3500.D. more in like manner. for these sums I shall send you an...
5Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 25 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve here your fav r of the 16 th and am equally mortified at my own inattention to furnish you renewals of my notes before I left home as at Jefferson ’s repeated failures to do what was regular and necessary to enable you to rec e ive the money expected. by this date however all is surely brought to rights, and the inconveniencies relieved
6Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 29 August 1822, with Jefferson’s Note (Jefferson Papers)
I find that in my letter of Yesterday I omitted to notice the paragraph in yours which promised me a visit from judge Gre e ne and yourself. nothing can give me greater pleasure than such a visit. altho not personally acquainted with the judge, I have been taught to revere him for every good quality, and to consider him as one of the sheet anchors of our republican bark. I shall be at home all...
7Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 3 November 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I am this moment setting out for Bedford and the Natural bridge to be here again on the 22 d . I was obliged, partly for my travelling expences, to draw on you yesterday in favor of Wolfe & Raphael for 175.D. but Jefferson promises to deliver this day at the mill as much wheat as will make a boat load of flour, and the miller promises to grind and send it off instantly, so that it will soon...
8Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 11 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 3. is recieved. of the funds of mine now in your hands the balance due to yourself is first to be paid. on the 7 th I drew on you in favor of Archib. Robertson for 66.D. and yesterday in favor of Wolfe & Raphael for 400.D. I must request you to remit to mess rs Leroy & Bayard for me 125.D. with as little delay as may be. The sum of 1305.D. clear of exchange is to be remitted...
9Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 1 October 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved with much sensibility your kind letter of Sep. 27. the sweetest cordial to the soul is the good will of the good. coming from the heart, as I am sure it does, I will resort to your kindness frankly, during the days which remain to me. these are counted, and not so many as they would have been but for the experiment of the springs to make me better when I was well. they have...
10Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 25 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I observe you advertise fine family flour for sale . in return for Col o Alston ’s compliment of rice the last year I wish to send him ½ a doz. barrels of the finest family flour in the world. this would be acceptable because they have it not there. market flour, even good, would be an insult, becaus e they have it in abundance. I place my honor therefore in your hands when I request you to...
11Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 18 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 18. 19. inclosed to Cap t Peyton the rec t for a box of books from Fernagus . also ment d the cask of rice which would be deliv d him from Charleston . all to be forwarded by Johnson ’s boats & exp. reimbursed by
12Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 15 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 10 th is recieved, & Johnson ’s boat is expected to-day, by which I shall recieve the coffee. I observe you have cotton yarn for sale. will you be so good as to send me 80. ℔s of N o 5. Johnson ’s boat returns to Richmond immediately & is the safest to send it by. Gilmer when with his boat is also safe. PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused address cover of José Corrêa da Serra to TJ,...
13Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, [27 June 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
I am in hopes you will have discovered that the triplicate of the bill to Williams was omitted to be inclosed in yours of the 24 th as therein supposed, and that it is now on the way to me, as I withold the duplicate of my letter to Appleton in order to inclose it to him. affectionate salutations. P.S. do not forget my quarterly acc t ending with this month. PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused...
14Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 10 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I am just returned from Bedford and have several little things of detail to write about, but time permits me at this moment to mention one only which presses. hearing that mr Coffee was in Charleston I wrote to D r Hosack to pray him to return me my letter & yours to m r Coffee. he did so , and I now inclose yours with the 40.D. check it covered and which was not used. this enables me to...
15Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 15 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I was startled on reciept of yesterday of yours of the 11 th finding I had been off my guard as to the renewal of my notes. I now send them to you. I must pray you to remit to mr M c Culloch without delay 5. D 35 C duties E t c on the books. were it not for these odd 35. cents I would have saved you this trouble by inclosing him a 5.D. bill. instead of the four barrels of Roman cement be...
16Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 8 May 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of Cap t Peyton ’s company to dinner tomorrow on peas. RC ( DLC ); written on a small scrap; dateline at foot of text. Not recorded in SJL .
17Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 24 January 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
In a former letter I asked the favor of you to forward to me by waggon a box of books which I expected from N. York . but I presume they are ice-bound in James river . among a number of boxes of other things from Alexandria which I suppose are in Richmond and which must wait till the boats can run, there is a box of 50. ℔ raisins which I would gladly recieve by waggon also: the box is marked T...
18Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 23 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Our river has been up so that I could not ford it to visit the Shadwell mills till yesterday. I found that there was not a single boat up, but that some are expected to-day and the miller promised he would send off 2. boatloads of flour tomorrow, and that the rest should follow within a few days. there are between 250. & 300 Barrels still to go. as soon as I know that the 2. boat loads are...
19Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 13 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The rain now falling will I think enable Johnson ’s boats to go down. I send him therefore a box of wine for Col o Allston of Charleston which I have taken the liberty of addressing to your care to be forwarded. I think you formerly advertised spun cotton for sale; I must request you to send me 150. ℔ of what runs 5. yds to the ℔. if you have it not yourself, you will do me the favor to get...
20Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 13 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to ask the favor of you to dispose of the inclosed bill of exchange for me. it is drawn by D r Everitt on James Maury of Liverpool , being the nett proceeds of tobaccos consigned by the D r to Maury , sold by the latter, and the account of sales acknoleging the balance of 240 £–15 s–8 d sterling in his hands and liable to order. these papers under Maury ’s hand
21Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 10 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson has informed you that he accomodates me with 3000.D. I counted that this would be recieved very certainly this week, but it seems it awaits some paper which he sends by this mail. I proposed that of this sum you should first take for yourself the balance I owe you, and then pay the curtail of 500.D. to the Farmer’s bank and my note of 350.D. to the Virginia bank ; and I still hope...
22Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 28 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I must ask the favor of you to return the inclosed Certificate for me to the land office and to pay the usual fees (I believe 1. or 2. Dollars) which mr Gibson will reimburse according to custom. will you have the goodness whenever cotton can be had in Richmond to buy 2. of the smallest bales to be had for me and send one by the Milton boats and the other by the Lynchburg boats to the care of...
23Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 16 th and am thankful for your attention to my wants. I saw William Johnson the evening before his boat started last. he told me that he should not go down himself, but that his brother would, and he would be answerable for every thing trusted to him as if to himself. I was on horseback and at the river side, so could not give him a written order, but...
24Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 3 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Our river has been so blocked up with ice that the boats could not run till now. the day before yesterday Wood ’s boats took off 50. barrels of flour for me, which will be followed as fast as I can a e ffect between the difficulties of the mill and boats.— mr James Pleasants informed me some days ago that he had in his hands for me a sum of something upwards of 100.D. which on the 26 th ult. I...
25Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
The messenger who carried my letter of the 18 th to the post office brought me on his return your’s of the 9 th . you will see by that that I had anticipated your kind offers of service by asking your name to a note which had been indorsed by Col o Nicholas . since that Jefferson observed to me that by making the note payable to him and his endorsing it, it would lighten your responsibility,...
26Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 11 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I must ask the favor of you to purchase for me 6 gross of the best corks to be had in Richmond , and to send them by the stage to Milton to the address of mr Vest postmaster, the season for using them being now actually upon us. mr Gibson as usual will be so good as to pay the bill. affectionately and respectfully yours PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused address cover to TJ; at foot of text: “Cap...
27Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 6 September 1820, with Jefferson’s Note (Jefferson Papers)
I set off for Poplar forest tomorrow to be back on the 24 th and think it safe to send you my notes for the farmers and US. bank s, lest they should be wanting. I shall recieve in Bedford a sum of money which will enable me to remit you the discounts and also the curtailment of 500.D. which you were so kind as to give me timely notice of. besides this I leave directions if a rain should...
28Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 17 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 10 th is recieved and communicated to the family, and we all join in thankfulness for the kind offers of service. these we shall accept with frankness if occasion occurs, because we are assured of the good will with which they are offered, and we shall never be happier than when we can be useful to you. we are in the hope that your business will permit you occasionally to...
29Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 14 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
The periods for the renewal of my notes in the Farmer’s & US. bank s approaching I inclose you the two of 3000.D. each for those banks which you have heretofore been so kind as to attend to, to which I add another to the US. bank for 2250.D. heretofore endorsed by mr Gibson , but now by my grandson to relieve mr Gibson , mr Marx having informed me that this change would be admitted. I shall be...
30Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 3 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
An abundant rain having given us a plentiful tide I wish to avail myself of it in bringing up a part of 7. tons of plaister which I ask the favor of you to procure & forward to me as often as W m Johnson , shall call for it. he starts this evening. I will further request you to procure & send me by him 100. ℔ of good coffee, that is to say Bourbon if to be had, if not then Java or other...