1From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 24 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Aug. 24. 1825. wrote to B. Peyton for the under written articles [the following not in TJ’s hand] : One full sized silver catheter. Two or three full sized elastic gum catheters. MHi .
2From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 27 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
copy of Paragraph from The Presid’s lre of Mar. 22. and extract from my answer of this day. MHi .
3From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 22 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
You will recieve from either M r Garrett or mr Brockenbrough a check for 4000. D. to be invested in a bill of exchange payable on account of Tho s Appleton to mr Samuel Williams N o 13. Finsbury square London, to whom you are requested to remit it, and with that to send the inclosed letter to mr Williams. The bag of coffee which came to us was marked S. H. Peyton 120.℔ we had used from it some...
4From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 12 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
The necessity of drawing on you for a considble sum obliging me to take the best review I can of our accounts since the last one rendered I suppose 350. B. flour to have b n deliv d on my acc t from Th: J. R and 50. B. by T. E. R. which with the money deposited with you for me by Th: J. R. pay my balance of Dec. 31. and subseq t draughts & your other owed disbursem ts
5From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 25 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Th:J. with B. Peyton 1824. Jan. 13. 60. B. flour 234. 26 30. 75. d o 314. 97 Feb. 20. 104. d o 427. 72 239 for which acc
6From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 21 January 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a bill of lading for 11. cases from Marseilles arrived at N. York and now on their way to Richmond, for freight, duties and charges on which there is due to mr Jonathan Thompson 39.D, 37c which I must pray you to remit to him and forward the cases on arrival by waggon to mr Raphael. Jefferson will be with you tomorrow charged with all my affairs with you. affectionately yours MHi .
7From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 29 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed bill of lading informs me of the shipment from N.Y. of 2 parcels of books for me to your address, and I must pray you to remit to M r Jonathan Thompson Collector of that port 10.64 duty, fr t from Havre & other charges which he has paid on them for me. the books to be forwarded to Raphael by waggon. I owe Edmund Bacon of K y 33. D. which he wishes me to have lodged in som bk. of...
8From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 27 September 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Raphael could furnish the 1000. D by piecemeal only. he furnished to-day 300. D. requiring however a draught for it to go by tomorrow’s mail, which I gave him and will consequently be upon you 2. or 3. days earlier than I had expected. he will furnish another sum 3. days hence and the balance in the course of a week. my further draughts will be made accordingly. affect ly yours MHi .
9From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 15 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I correct my blunder of misdirecting my letter to mr Madison by inclosing it to him this day. I committed a similar one while in Paris by cross directing two letters to two ladies out of which scrape I did not get so easily. affectionate salutations MiU-C .
10From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 6 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I must pray you to send to Lynchbg 15. boxes of tin addressed to Fr. Eppes by the first boats, I shall hope to find them there the 3 d or 4 th week of this month when I expect to be there. and I also request you to procure and send to me here, by the 1 st waggon a quarter cask of the best Sicily Madeira your’s affect ly MHi .
11From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 2 August 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sollicited for a charity in Philadelphia which I cannot refuse, yet can illy afford, will you be so good as to remit for me 25.D. to a mr J. H. Hall of Phila. MHi .
12From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 3 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your two favors of the 28 th from Washington, and 30 th from Richm d are recieved. I am indeed sorely and deeply wounded by the result of my late sollicitn for you. I had though it’s success as certain as that the sun will rise tomorrow. I asked it as for myself, and with more interest and pressure than if it has been for myself. placing it then on this ground, I thought that neither on public...
13From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 12 December 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
You will recieve from N. York for the University a box of 250. engravings of it’s plan. the object is to sell in Richmond as many as will sell readily, and to forward the remainder to us. their price is 50. cents to be credited to the Proctor of the University. perhaps besides placing some of them where you think they will be seen and sold readily, it might be worth while to employ a person...
14From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 29 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I am almost as troublesome to you, my dear friend, as to my Physician, and with less reason as it is in his line & not in yours. but there being nothing to be had here, I am obliged to avail myself of your kindness for every little 2 d article which my situation requires. in mine of the 24 th I troubled you with a commission for catheters which I am in hopes of recieving by an early mail. I...
15From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 19 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The books from Liverpool after which your letter of the 16 th enquiries, on behalf of the collector were sent by mr Dennison one of the members of parliament who was with us the last summer. I inclose you his letter which accompanied them it is so worded, that I might have considered them as a present to myself. but he says he had seen in the library of the University Tim Bobbin on the...
16From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 1 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
$1000. Sixty days after date, I promise to pay t o Bernard Peyton or order, without offset, negotiable and payable at the Farmers Bank of Virginia , one thousand Dollars, — Cents. Value received. MHi .
17From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 13 June 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I requested you in a former letter to assure mr James Rawlings that as soon as I could get my tob o to market I would draw on you in his favor for a balance due the mutual assurance co. I have accdly drawn on you this day for a sum of about 89 or 90.D. I had formerly desired mr Ritchie to apply to you annually for my subscription to the Enquirer, and supposing it regularly paid, I had not even...
18From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 10 February 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I rejoiced to learn that Jefferson had filled up my deficit with you. T. E. R. failed me mortifyingly be so good as to place the inclosed note of Th: J. R. for 400.D to my credit. it will quickly be drawn for. in the mean time be so good as to send me about 100.℔ Java or Bourbon coffee, the latter preferably if to be had, as also a quarter cask of Sicily Madeira, the best your place affords...
19From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 13 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
You are one of the best friends in the world, because you attend to the smallest things, which are often more gratifying than great ones. I saw yesterday in the hands of mr Dyer a fountain pen, one of the best I ever saw. he said it was made for him by mr Cowan, a watchmaker of Richmond. and cost him 5. D. the outer tube was of silver, but the two leaves of the pen were gold, and no other...
20From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last which was of the 9 th yours of the 7 th and 10 th have been recieved. the things sent by Wood’s boats are arrived at Milton. on learning the fate of my note I settled otherwise the balance due to Bacon and for which I had not yet drawn on you. but I was obliged to draw on you, as mentioned in mine of the 9 th in favor of the sheriffs of Albemarle & Bedford for my taxes. in the...
21From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 9 December 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved a letter yesterday from mr Thompson Collector of N. York informing me that he had rec d from Marseilles and forwarded on to you 11. boxes or packages of wines E t c as per bill of lading now inclosed, and had paid for me freight, duties E t c 37.72 which sum I must pray you to remit him. the invoice of Dodge & Oxnard for these wines and other things amounts to 659 fr.–30 Cent mes...
22From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 22 July 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 18 th is recieved, and finds me ready, as I ever am, to render you what service I can. altho’ the head of the admn and myself have not been exactly in principle together, yet some of the members are much my frds, and particularly, the head of the particular deptmt to which your case belongs, is my hereditary as well as personal friend. but being but just arrived, and a stranger to...
23From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 18 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I am called on for the amount of my last supply of wines E t c. from Mess rs Dodge and Oxnard of Marseilles, amounting to 124. D 61. c which I must pray you to remit for me to Mr E. Copeland j r their agent in Boston to be placed to my credit with them. ever and affection ly yours MHi .
24From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 8 June 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
A letter just rec d from mr Thompson Collector of N. York informs me that he has rec d for me from mess rs Dodge & Oxnard of Marseilles 4. cases of wine, the duties, freight and charges on which amount to 21.97 and that he has forwarded them to you by the sloop Virginia, Petty, as by the bill of lading now inclosed. As also that he recieved and forwarded to you as per bill inclosed 3. boxes of...
25From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 18 April 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall set out in 3. or 4. days for Bedford, and not having money for the road, & having also some petty nbhood debts I have drawn on you this day for 140.D. in fav r Jacobs and Raphael. I hope on my arrival in Bedf d to find my tob o crop beginning to be ready to go down. I shall be absent about a fortnight. I owe mr Rawlings for the fire insur ce co. 84.40 which I gave him reason to expect...
26From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 7 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of the 3 d in expectation that the note would be discounted I had already drawn on you for 300 + 200 + 100 + 50D. say 650.D. I shall stop at that and settle Bacon’s balance otherwise. our river rose 1. foot with the late rains and we got off Wood’s boats with flour; but I learnt yesterday that the water failed before they got out of the river, and that they are...
27From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
having omitted to note my last renewals, I have lost sight of their dates, but I am sure I must have been in default in the observce of that duty which I trust my power of atty to you will have enabled you to supply. I now send you a set of them with blanks for dates.—you have not sent me my last quarter’s acc t —Students continue to come in almost daily; we are now something upw ds of 70....
28From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 16 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
A neighborhood debt obliged me to draw on you in favor of John Winn for 64.85 which I do with reluctance until we get tob o down, or recieve monies due. M r Thompson Collector of N. York has sent to your care for me a box of seeds from France for which he has paid charges 1D.90c can you remit him so small a sum? affect ly yours MHi .
29From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 6 November 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Not doubting that the 235. Barrels of flour sent off in a good tide 10. days ago are now in hand, I am obliged to make some calls on you for current purposes. I have therefore drawn on you this day in favor of Wolfe & Raphael for 220. D. I have also recieved notice from mr Henry A. S. Dearborne, Collector of Boston, that he has forwarded to you my wines & stores lately arrived there from...
30From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 10 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
My affairs in Bedford not permitting me to wait longer I shall set out for that place the day after tomorrow, to be absent 2. or 3. weeks. altho’ we have not heard of our Bedford tob o having arrived at Richm d yet Jefferson seems confident that some must have arrived, and that all will do so soon from that and this place. in the mean time I must pay some neighborhood debts before I set out, &...
31From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 30 January 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing the approach of your crisis and my own heavy balance due to you I have kept off some neihborhoods calls for some time. but two of these can no longer be delayed, the one for 60. D. for which I have this day drawn on you in favor of Jacobs & Raphael, the other will be something under that I expect, it’s amount being not yet known to me. I have entirely depended on Jefferson as to the...
32From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 8 July 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I must ask the favor of you to procure for me a safe bill of excha. on London to nett there, clear of excha. 444. D. payable to Mr Sam l Williams N o 13. Finsbury square London, forwarding with it the inclosed letter which advises him of it’s purpose . send me if you please the triplicate I must request you also to send me by the 1 st waggon 8. boxes of tin, and by the boats 6. barrels of...
33From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 3 January 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 30 th your advances for me have been unreasonably great and such as I must check. but no consideration on earth will permit me to let you suffer. Except our neighborly and current calls, every thing is in Jefferson hands. I sent for him this morning and have had a conference with him. he assures me he has had you in constant view and thinks himself...
34From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 28 August 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
My misfortunes of the past year have been considble & shall be briefly stated. four prime young men, guilty of an attack on their overseer were sent, as an example to N. Orleans to be sold about 2. years ago. I had a right to expect with certainty 2000.D. for them. as yet I have recieved 400. only, and have but uncertain expectations what more & when will be recieved. this has cut me short in...
35From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 7 March 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Col o Peyton is requested to get mr May to obtain of the best window glass of the Boston manufactory the following articles 25 . panes 12. I. square 50. panes 12 by 18 I. ½ doz. panes 18. I. by 2. feet. also the following for print frames 2. panes or sheets 19½ I. by 15. I. for the 2. prints of Pantheon 1. 19½ I. by 14¼ for Comparative buildings 3 . d o 17
36From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 21 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I this inst. recieve your of y17 th and hasten to inclose the blanks wh ch had escaped me. I am in hopes they would in time altho’ I do not recollect their exact days. will you be so good as to send up the remainder to mr Brockenbro’ of the plans of the Univ y I expect you have rec d from mr Coffee and fowarded for me to Bedford a box of ornaments of Architecture I suppose the Sicily Madeira...
37From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 18 December 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
The wines for which I asked you to make a remittance to N.Y. were but a part of what I had written for. there were yet 5. cases and a cask of red wine to come which have since arrived at Boston consigned to Henry A. S. Dearborne the Collector, who has pd freight and duties for me 31. D 30 which I must request you to remit him, and to mr E. Copeland j r of Boston the further sum of 52. D 10 the...
38From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 6 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Cox’s draught on you for the Scuppernon wine is right. I think I had in a former letter advised you that such an one would be made. in your last account rendered I find an omission of a credit of 300. D. the price of a negro woman of mine sold in Richmond, and directed, as I understood to be paid to you. I shall have to draw on you immediately for Raphael’s quarterly bill, something...
39From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 12 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I drew on you, as I had advised you on the 9 th for 200. D. in the evening of the same day I recieved yours of the 6 th by which I saw how much you were in advance for me, and was truly mortified to be called on the next day by the sheriff for my taxes here 113. D 12 c and had no resource but to draw on you. our flour has been lying in the mill near 2. months, and unluckily at the only tide we...
40From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 27 March 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Some boxes of philosophical apparatus are arrived at Richmond for the University in the care of Mess rs Warwicks. a paper is sent me to be signed entirely unconformable to the facts of the case, the awkwardness of which perhaps you can relieve by verbal explanations. I therefore trouble you with the papers open, to be perused, delivered and accomodated. The boxes must come indispensably by...
41From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 30 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
My former shipments: of flour were 33. & 50. barrels and by a waggon so a fortunate rain enabled me to ship the day before yesterday 235. more. altho this may not place enough in your hands to pay mr Barret 750.D. yet I must pray you to do it as soon as the flour is sold. I do not draw an order, but I write to inform him that you will do it as soon as my flour is sold, and he will call on you...
42From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 23 January 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a bill of lading for some wines E t c from Philadelphia, which are probably arriving at Richm d ab t this time and I must pray you to remit 62.85. to Mr John Steele Collector at Phila, who has advanced the freight, duties E t c on them from Marseilles, and without delay as it is a kind of debt of honor. Jefferson will be with you on Monday and will place in your hands 4900 D....
43From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 21 February 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Your very kind letters, with those of other friends were real soothers of a kind of uneasiness I never had before experienced, which was the greater as the less expected. a majority of one in the legislature of my native state was an appalling idea. but it has ended well, and I count on days and nights of quiet which I had never seen since the coup de grace given me by a deceased friend. I...
44From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 3 July 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
My neighborhood debts having run up to 175. D. I have this day drawn on you for that sum in favor of Jacobs & Raphael. I fear my arrears with you are become considerable. Jefferson tells me that about 4000 ℔ of the tob o lately sold for him was mine from this place, and the crop from Bedford is partly lodged at Lynchburg to go down by the first boats and the residue nearly prepared to go to...
45From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 17 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I have so entirely left all my affairs to Jefferson that I know almost nothing of them. I am uninformed whether our tob o from Bedford is all down or our flour from here. before he went away, I stated to him that we should have to make the ordinary and current call on you. he told me I might do it, as he had made provn with you on that subject. my quarterly bills are now due and must be drawn...
46From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 16 November 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you blanks for renewal at the banks. I draw on you this day in favor of Jacobs & Raphael for D209.c29 and I shall be glad to recieve the state of my acc t with you that I may make preparation in time for your emergency. Nov. 17. after writing the above I sent the notes for renewal to Tufton to be endorsed by Jefferson. he had just set out to Bedford. they are therefore detained till...
47From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 July 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I am still confined to the house by my painful complaint as I have been for more than 2. months. and altho’ we have Doctors in abundance, we have no medicine but Calomel Calomel Calomel , this obliges me to trouble you for another half pound supply of Gum Arabic, and 3. or 4. oz. Hyoscegamus or Hewbary ( you sent some of this last lately to the Univ ty the whole of which I have used) these...
48From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 5 January 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d yesterday your favor of the 1 st it is truly mortifying that whilst I was trespassing on you to such an amount, I should have had flour lying for 5. months in our way in the mill off t to have protected you from a single Dollar’s advances, could we have gotten it down. the drought of the season was one obstacle, but the faithlessness of the boatmen as great a one, my overseer is now...
49From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 22 July 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Having occasion to make a remittance to mr Appleton of Leghorn I desired Jefferson to make provision for a sum of 500. D. which I then thought would be suffic t and he informed me that I might accdly apply to you to procure such a bill for me. but I find it will require 550. D. will you therefore be so good as to procure such a bill as will place 550. D. clear of Exchange in the hands of...
50From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 30 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
There are arrived at N. York, and now on their way to your address 37. cases of Marble, to wit T.J. N o 1.—to 31. inclusive for the University of Virga and T.J. / M N o 32—to 37 inclusive for my own use at Monticello. I have given notice to mr Brockenbro’ to look to the transportation of the first 31. to the University, desiring him not to mix with them the last 6. boxes of my own that I may...