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Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams -

Paris Aug. 9. 1786
It is an age since I have had the ...

Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith -

Hague 8th. i.e. 11 August 1786
Your papa and I wrote you from ...

Enclosure: Account between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail Adams

Docno: AFC07d121

Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: AA
Date: 1786-08-09

Mrs. Adams to Th: J.

Dr.
          s      
1785.   June 2.   To paid Petit     173.   8      
  Aug. 17.   To pd mr Garvey's bill     96.   16.   6    
  Nov.   To cash by Colo. Smith.     768.   0.   0    
1786.   Jan. 5.   To pd Barin for Suortout de dessert & figures &c     264.   17.   6    
  Feb.27.   To pd for shoes for miss Adams     24.        
  Mar. 5.   To pd for sundries viz.            
               
               
      12. aunes de dentelle   96          
      une paire de barbes   36.          
      4. aunes of cambric   92.          
      4. do.   60   284.   0.   0      
        1611.   2.   0    
               
        £   s   d    
(reckoning 24. livres at 20/sterl.)     being 67.   2.   7   sterl.  
               
Mar. [April] 9.   To balance of expences of journey between mr Adams & myself   8.   9.   4   1/2  
        75   11.   11   1/2  
Cr.
                £   s   d  
1785.   Oct. 12.   By pd insurance on Houdon's life           32.   11.   0  
1786.   Jan. 10.   By damask table cloth & napkins           7.   0.   0  
      2. pr nut crackers               4.   0  
      £   s              
      2. peices Irish linen @ 4/.   8.   14              
      making 12. shirts   1.   16              
      buttons, thread, silk     3              
      washing     3.   6            
      a trunk   1.   1         11.   17.   6  
{p. 315}
  Apr. 9.   By pd for 9. yards of muslin @ 11/           4.   19.   0  
    12.   By do. for 21. yds Chintz @ 5/6             5.   15.   6  
    By pd for 25. yds linen @ 4/   £5.       }   for mr Short  
    for making 7. shirts   1.   6.   6  
                6.   6.   6  
    By pd for altering 12. shirts               6.   6  
    Balance           6.   11.   11   1/2  
              75.   11.   11   1/2  
The content of notes that appeared on this page in the printed volume has been moved to the end of the preceding document.
RC Adams Papers ; endorsed: “Mr Jefferson August 9th 1786.” Enclosure (Adams Papers); notation by Jefferson: “Mrs. Adams.”
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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