Hart & Marshall letter to John Norton, 1770 July 4
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Title
Hart & Marshall letter to John Norton, 1770 July 4
Description
Letter of Hart & Marshall of Hanover Town, Virgina, informing London merchant John Norton that they have shipped him 12 hogsheads of tobacco on the Brilliant and would like him to insure it at the rate of 12 pounds per hogshead.
Identifier
MS1936.3.319
Folder 30
Folder 30
Subject
Source
John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3
Publisher
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Original Format
Ink on paper
Text
Page 1
Sir
Having Ship'd on Board te Brilliant to your
Address Twelve hhd Tobo must request the favour
of you to make Insurance on the same at the rate
of 12 £ Stg p hhd
By the Brilliant we shall write you more fully
And in the meantime
We are
Sir
Your most Hmle Serts
Hart & Marshall
Hanover T Virga. July 4th. 1770
Page 4
To
Mr. John Norton
Mercht
London
Virga. 4th July 1770
Hart & Marshall
Rd. 6 Sepr. 1770 Exd
Via Bristol
Order for Insurce Tob.
Entd ye 8th Sepr.
p two Jesters
Citation
Hart & Marshall (Firm), “Hart & Marshall letter to John Norton, 1770 July 4,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 17, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/319.