RC (DLC); endorsed: “Dugnani. Ct. de. Apostolical Nuncio.”

The paper: On 8 Feb. 1789 TJ made the following entry in his Account Book: “Recd. of Nuncio for ream of paper from Engld. 24.₶” This was evidently intended for use on Dugnani’s copying press which TJ obtained for him in England in 1787. The following memorandum (MS in DLC: TJ Papers, 46: 7772, PrC in MHi; another MS [Dft] in DLC: TJ Papers, 46: 7773), in TJ’s hand, lists all the equipment which Dugnani originally received:

	£  s
“1. Iron copying machine	8. 8.
1. pair damping boxes	15.
1. Ream folio copying post	1. 1.
a 6 quire letter book, bound in vellum	13.
1. doz. papers copying ink powder	9.
spare sponge papers	2.
spare oiled papers	2.
1. wetting book	1. 6.
1. drying book	1. 6.
4. boxes copying wafers	4.
cases to contain the whole	9.
shipping expenses	5.
Exchange at 29 5/16	12.11. =	308.₶ 5s
Transportation and duties		12.12.
		320.17
[On Dft in DLC only:]
Aug. 27. 1787. pd. Garvey’s bill for transportn. &c. from England		21.10.6
		342. 7.6”

The last item on Dft in DLC was not applied to the total of costs for the copying press for Dugnani and was not paid by him; an entry in TJ’s Account Book for 11 Dec. 1787 shows that he received “of the Nuncio for a copying press from England 320₶17” and another entry under 27 Aug. 1787 shows that Garvey’s bill for 21₶10s. 6d. was paid for “copying press for Chastellux.” These facts, together with the presence in TJ’s papers of several copies, indicate that this was less an invoice than it was a standard list of the basic items necessary for copying equipment, together with costs, including transportation and duty, which TJ occasionally procured for friends in France, Spain, and America.