Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 21 July 1819
From Patrick Gibson
Richmond 21st July 1819
Sir
Coll Nicholas called upon me to day, to say that your note for $3000 payable in the Farmers’ bank, falls due tomorrow, and that he has received no note from you to renew it—he was in hopes it might have been sent to me—as it was necessary that some step should immediately be taken, I have put in my note in favor of Coll Nicholas for the amount, pledging myself for the forthcoming of yours as soon as possible—You will be pleased at the same time to send me notes for the renewal of the others—With much respect I am
Sir Your obt Servt
Patrick Gibson
RC (MHi); lacking postscript; with calculations by TJ on verso relating to his 28 July 1819 reply to Gibson; endorsed by TJ as received 27 July 1819 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to John Wood, 7 Aug. 1819, on verso; addressed in John G. Robert’s hand: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello”; franked; postmarked Richmond, 21 July. Dupl (MHi); in Robert’s hand, with signature and postscript in Gibson’s hand; at head of text in Robert’s hand: “(Copy)”; endorsed by TJ as a “duplte” received 30 July 1819 and recorded in SJL with that date of receipt. Dupl (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 24 Aug. 1819, on verso; addressed in Robert’s hand: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Poplar Forest near Lynchburg”; stamp canceled; postmarked Richmond, 25 July.
TJ’s order for $157.98 in favor of James leitch covered a 12 June 1819 payment he made to Charles Massie on TJ’s behalf “for 37.98. for 211. galls. cyder @ .18” as well as loans from Leitch of $40, $25, $20, $10, and $25 made on 14, 17 May, 3, 5, and 10 July 1819, respectively. TJ’s 19 July 1819 draft for $150 in favor of Jacob W. white covered part of the $290.08 due for his wages as overseer at Tomahawk plantation in 1818 (, 2:1353, 1355–7).
Index Entries
- alcohol; cider search
- cider; bought by TJ search
- Farmers’ Bank of Virginia (Richmond); TJ’s loan from search
- Gibson, Patrick; and payments made for TJ search
- Gibson, Patrick; and TJ’s loan from Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Gibson, Patrick; letters from search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business and Financial Affairs; account with J. Leitch search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business and Financial Affairs; loan from Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Leitch, James; makes payments for TJ search
- Leitch, James; TJ pays search
- Massie, Charles; TJ buys cider from search
- Nicholas, Wilson Cary (1761–1820); and TJ’s bank loans search
- Tomahawk plantation (part of TJ’s Poplar Forest estate); overseer at search
- White, Jacob W.; as overseer at Tomahawk plantation search