Box 2
Contains 88 Results:
Geo. Gairdner, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 August 9
Scope and Contents Discusses shipment of tobacco and corn to England.
Geo. Gairdner, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 August 28
Scope and Contents Reports goods received for Mr. Jerdone and their condition; refers to antiministerial opinions in the newspapers of the day.
Geo. Gairdner, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 September 15
Scope and Contents Explains process for declaring notice for demand for money; reminds Mrs. Jerdone to sign copy and send affidavit. Including Geo. Gairdner, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia , 17 September 1794, which explains delay for letter and encourages him to do these errands immediately.
Geo. Braikenridge, Bristol, England to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 September 19
Scope and Contents Refers to receipt of tobacco; explains difficulty in insuring British ships; expresses regret for political discord in U.S.; comments on war; gives family news.
George Weare Braikenridge, Ashton Under-Lyne near Bristol, England to his uncle, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Va., 1794 September 22
Scope and Contents 2 pages. Xerox Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. Refers to crops in Europe; speaks at great length about the war in Europe and the events in France; refers to death of Robespierre and many others as a result.
Mitchell and Gairdner, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, 1794 September 24
Scope and Contents Gives example of wording of affidavit; requests that affidavits be renewed and sent by the 22nd.
George Gairdner, n.p. to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 October 1
Scope and Contents Refers to papers which have been delivered; reports fevers have been lowered by the rain; Jerdone's tobacco has been shipped.
William DuVal, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 October 17
Scope and Contents Describes business transactions he plans on pursuing in order to clear his debts.
Geo. Gairdner, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 October 23
Scope and Contents Comments on wheat received; recommends a cooling beverage; also describes goods sent.
William Douglass, Providence Forge, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 December 1
Scope and Contents Explains lack of correspondence from feeling of insult from Jerdone's previous letter; describes business matters of corn, wheat, and with Alex Macaulay; reports on hogs, some of which were lost to a "set of villains".
William Douglass, Providence Forge, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 December 18
Scope and Contents Discusses money enclosed and carried by Joseph Spicer; discusses hogs; expresses sorrow for the death of Mr. J. Thompson.
William Mitchell, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1794 December 19
Scope and Contents Reports charge of order; reports carrying slave back home injured or runaway? ; calls slave a "worthless, obstinate rascal"; refers to health and weather.
William Douglass, Providence Forge, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1788 January 16
Scope and Contents Will send the hogs out tomorrow morning; new partner, Mr. Samuel Beall of Williamsburg, has been taken on; Beall would like to meet with Jerdone; still missing money which hopes Holt will acknowledge.