Invoice of Goods to be sent by Mr. Norton to Peter Lyons

Invoice of Goods to be sent by Mr. Norton to Peter Lyons

An invoice of goods sent by Peter Lyons to John Norton in his letter of September 24, 1768. Desired items includes spices, thread and needles, tableware, girls' and women's clothing and accessories, a brass candlestick, raisins, currants and buttons.

MS 1936.3.154
Folder 14

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Ink on paper

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Invoice of Goods to be sent M^r. Norton to Peter Lyons

A fashionable large Japanned plate warmer.
five gross of best Velvet Corks.
a set of Rusia Lau musqueta Bed Curtains.
one pair of large Chamber Andirons, and two pair of Tongs with shovels
two pair of small Womens white worsted Stockings.
a bread Baskett & a China plate Baskett.
a green Cloath to cover a square dining Table that is 32 feet wide.
two pair of white thread Stockings for a Girl of 5 years old.
Six pounds of Salt Peter - six pounds of Pepper
three pounds of Alspice - three pounds of Ginger
half a pound of Nutmegs - half a pound of Cloves
six pounds of bedst fig or slate Blue, six pound of Whiting
two China pudding Dishes one a size larger than the other
one pound of best mustard in small Bottles
five hundred White chapel Needles well sorted.
fifty very large darning Needles & 25 smaller D^o.
twenty five Needles to work worsted on Cavnass, and ten yards of
Canvass fit for working Chair bottoms.
four thousand Corking pins, four thousand short whites
two thousand minikins, 1 pound of whited brown Thread;
a pair of pack thread turned Stays, for a Girl five years old.
four ounces of thread at 8^d. four ounces of thread at 12^d.
two ounces of thread at 2/. - one ounce of D^o. @ 4/.
one blocked tin Coffee pot to hold a quart
one D^o to hold a pint
one flat brass Candlestick
two pieces of best diaper Tape
a Card of Shirt buttons & a Card of Waistcoat Buttons.
two Table Brushes - a small Jarr of Raisins & an other of Currants

Pet^r. Lyons
Sept^r. 24^th. 1768

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