Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 147

shirting woolen blank beds hose hats
June		 shirt woolen blank beds hose hats
June
John Hemings 7. 5½ 1 1 Thrimston 0 5⅓ 4¼ 1 1
Lewis. 7. 5½ 1 1 1 Wormly 7 5½ 1 1 1
Jenny. 6. 5 1 1 Ursula 6 5 1 1
Isabel 0 5⅓ 4¼ 1 Joe 5. 3⅔ 3
Lilly 6. 5 1 1 Anne 7. 3 2½
Stannard 9. 2⅓ 2 Dolly 9. 2⅓ 2
Lucy. 11. 1⅔ 1½ Cornelius 11. 1⅔ 1½
Lovilo. 1. 5 4. 1 1 Thomas. 13 1 1
Lucy. 6 5 1 hired. Lewis. Bac’s 7 5½ 1 1
Robin. 5 3⅔ 3 ⎫
⎭		 1 Peter. 7 5½ 1 1
Sandy. 7. 3 2½ 1 44 36 1 5 1
Molly. 14 212 167 13 8 29.
Maria [Lazaria] 6 5 1 190 154 7 23.
Marshal. 14. 242 196 10 31
Mary. Bagw’s 6 5 1 1 44 36 1 5
Washington. 5 3⅔ 3 688 553 31 88
Moses. smith. 7 5½ 1 1 1
Mary. 6 5 1 1
William. 1. 5 4
Davy. 3. 4⅓ 3½
Celia. 6. 3⅓ 2¾
Tucker 10. 2. 1¾
Zacharia. 12 1⅓ 1¼
Moses B. 7 5½ 1
Nace 7 5½ 1
Nance 6 5 1
Nancy. 6 5 1 1
Nanny Bagw’s 5⅓ 4¼ 1
Ned. 7 5½ 1 1 1
Jany. 6 5 1 1 1 1
Moses 3. 4⅓ 3½
Sucky 6. 3⅓ 2¾
Ned. jr 7 5½ 1 1
Peter Hemings. 7 5½ 1
Philip 7 5½ 1
Rachael. 6 5 1 1
Eliza 5. 3⅔ 3
Ellen 8. 2⅔ 2¼
Sally 6 5 1 1
Harriet. 1. 5 4 1
Madison 5. 3⅔ 3
Eston 8. 2⅔ 2¼
Sanco 7. 5½ 1
Scilla 6. 5 1 1 1
Jamy 11 1⅔ 1½
Fanny
Shepherd 7 5½ 1
Solomon 7 5½ 1
Sucky 6 5 1
Thenia. 6 5 1
242 196 10 31 1
[adjacent and rotated 90 degrees to table above:]
Estimate of corn from Jan. 17. to Aug. 1. 1815. Monticello farm Tufton Lego
Bar. Bar Bar. Bar.
Bread. 28. weeks to Aug. 1. 60. 84 34. 51 30. 42 25. 40
work horses. @ 1½b. a week. 15. weeks. to May. 1. ⎫
⎪
⎪
⎭		 1 ⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭		 35 37 8 ⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭		 56 4 ⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭		 32
@ 3. pecks a week 10. weeks more to July 10.
mules @ 1.b. a week 15. weeks to May 1. 7 0 2 2
@ ½b. a week 10. weeks more to July 10.
other horsees. 2 0
sheep. @ ½ pint a day 8. weeks to Mar. 15. 58. 5 64. 6 33. 3
breeding sows ⎤
⎦		 @ 1. pint a day 15. weeks to May 1. ⎤
⎥
⎦		 6 ⎫
⎪
⎭		 27 8 ⎫
⎪
⎭		 26 5 ⎫
⎪
⎭		 5
shoats @ ½ pint a day 10. weeks more to July 10 37. 29 0
pigs. @ ½ pint a day 20. w. from weang to July 10 38 40 15
beeves. @ 1. gallon a day 1. 1. 3 4 1. 1½
the stable @ 2.b. a day deducting my absences to July 10 8. 62
146 121 134 81½

steers. cows. & other cattle to be fed on shucks, tops,
chaff, bran & straw
Jan. 17. 1815. Monto grain used to this day B.
made at Monticello. 30
recieved at from Tufton 120.
from Lego
from the mill
from Jan. 15. to Aug. 1. to be required from Tufton 36.
oats from Lego 10
from mill to Aug. 1. 56
to be brought 165
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Manuscript (Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 147). Scan available online here.

Source Information

Author Thomas Jefferson
Date Dec. 1814
Place of Origin Monticello
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