Thomas Everard letter to John Norton, 1770 July 30

Title

Thomas Everard letter to John Norton, 1770 July 30

Date

Description

Thomas Everard letter to London merchant John Norton. Everard writes that he has drawn two bills on Norton and that he is shipping 4 hogsheads of tobacco by Captain Robertson.

Identifier

MS1936.3.338
Folder 31

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

Recto

Dear Sir.

Inclosed are two Bills amounting to £ 103..18..4
which you will be pleased to apply to my Credit. I have drawn
upon you in favour of my Brother for £ 13..11..6 and of Mr. Robert
Brown for £ 11..11.. and must request the favour of you to pay them
on sight. By Capt Robertson you will receive 4 hogsheads of Tobo.
he will sail soon and then shall write to you again. I am

Dear Sir
Your obliged hble Sert.
Thos. Everard

Wmsburgh 30 July 1770.

Verso

Virginia July 30th 1770
Thomas Everard
recd. 12th Sepr. Exd.
Andwd. 14th do. p Doctr. Blair
in Capt. Hamilton
wrote again p Goosley

Citation

Everard, Thomas, 1719-1781, “Thomas Everard letter to John Norton, 1770 July 30,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 19, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/338.