Richard and William Wynne letter to John Norton and Son, 1770 August 6

Richard and William Wynne letter to John Norton and Son, 1770 August 6

Richard and William Wynne letter to John Norton and Sons, merchant firm of London, England. The Wynnes write that they are sending 2 hogsheads of tobacco for sale and include a list of goods they would like shipped in return.

MS1936.3.347
Folder 32

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

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

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August y^e 6^th Virginia

We have inclosed a bill of loading for 2 hhds of tobacco
Which we have put on board y^e brilliant Cap^t Robertson
Commander. We have maide our tobacco very good hopeing
It will Sell for a better price hopeing you will do your best
Indeavours to Sell to y^e best Advantage as you Can for us.

Sir
We Desire you Will Send us the following goods. Viz
1 ps of 7/8 Irish linnen at 18^d 2 ps at 15^d 2 ps at 12^d
and one large well made Steal plate hand Saw at
about 8 price marked with Whites name and one
Perig at 20^s or 12^s price 2000, 8 penney nailes &
3000, 10 penney nailes one ps of Sagatha of a
paile Skie Coller^d blue 8 Dwzⁿ. of buttens 4 Dwzⁿ. of Coat
and 4 Dwzⁿ. Brickes Six Sticks of Twist a p^s. of thread
Sutable, one Large Bible at 25^S

We desire you to [crossed out, illegible] bye our goods as goods for y^e monney
as you Can and we Shall all wayes Ready to oblidge
We Desire you to pack our goods with Tho^s Wynns

We remain w^th regard
Sin^c
your very Obedt Serv^ts.
Richard & William Wynne

To
M^r. John Norton & Son
London

S P Please to have my
Goods Insurd R.W.

Verso

Virg. 6 Aug^st 1770
R^d & W^m. Wynne

R^d. 24 Sep^r p Brilliant
Ex^d
Goods
Ent^d p^a 298
Answ^d. 1^st Dec^r. p cap^t. Greig
wrote again P Goosley