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Thomas Jefferson accounts

Description: Autograph documents. Jefferson accounts with Bank of the U.S., Columbia Bank, John Barnes, William Short, Tadeusz Kościuszko and others. Items include notes, estimates, personal expenses, account balances. (46 items)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1797-1824, undated
Call number: HM 5722
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from American Art Association, 1920, 1921.; Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1915-1920.; Purchased from Maggs Bros. 1916, 1918.; Purchased from George D. Smith,

Thomas Jefferson accounts

Manuscripts

Autograph documents. Jefferson accounts with Bank of the U.S., Columbia Bank, John Barnes, William Short, Tadeusz Kościuszko and others. Items include notes, estimates, personal expenses, account balances. (46 items)

mssJefferson

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John Meer, Philadelphia, letter to Thomas Jefferson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed; endorsed by Jefferson. Includes enclosure of sample graphic plate for bank notes. (2 pages)

HM 9051

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Account book

Manuscripts

Autograph manuscript. Primarily accounts for labor and services, food, clothing and other household expenses with Richard Sorrel, William Beck, George Dudley, the estates of Peter Jefferson, Bathurst Shelton, Dabney Carr and John Wayles, members of the Jefferson family and others. Volume also includes two pages of "Personal stock for Lands and slaves sold" and "By Lands and slaves Bought" which mention enslaved persons Myrtilla, Sandy, Ursula, George, Bagwell, and a second George. These entries are copies, with some variations, of account balances titled "Personal estate in account" and "with Real estate" in Jefferson's account and fee book, 1767-1794 (HM 836). (96 pages)

HM 5572

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John Barnes, Washington, D.C., in account with Thomas Jefferson

Manuscripts

Autograph document; endorsed by Jefferson. (13 pages)

HM 5972

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Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, order to the cashier of the Bank of Pennsylvania

Manuscripts

Polygraph copy. Original was enclosed in Thomas Jefferson letter to John Barnes, 1810 September 17. Signed by Jefferson as "Attorney for Genl. Thaddeus Kosciuzko." (1 page)

HM 5830

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Thomas Jefferson bills and receipts

Manuscripts

Autograph documents signed and documents signed. Bills and receipts for food staples and wine, household items, clothing, publications, office supplies, transport and horses, and other expenses. HM 5721 (4) has been missing since at least February 1987; a photocopy of the item is provided. (73 items)

HM 5721 (1-73)

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