Prosser & Trents letter to John Norton & Son, 1770 November 11

Prosser & Trents letter to John Norton & Son, 1770 November 11

Prosser & Trents letter to John Norton & Son, merchants in London, England. Prosser & Trents writes about their tobacco shipments and to inform Norton that they have drawn a bill on him.

MS1936.3.394
Folder 35

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

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

Ink on paper

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Virginia Henrico County Nov^r. 19^th. 1770

Mess^rs. John Norton & Son

Gent

By the Yanimerew Cap^t. Atkinson
You will receive 2 hhds of our Tob^o. which we
Wish Safe to Your hands & hope they Will Answer
at Your Market - by Some of Your Ships
in the Spring we intend to Consign you Some
more Tob^o, we have drawn a Bill on you
in favour of Mess^rs. Alex^r. & Peterfield Trents
for £20. which please to Honour

We are
Gent
Your Hble Serv^ts.
Prosser & Trents

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Virg^a. Novem^r. 10^th 1770
Prosser & Trents
rec^d. Jan^y. 2^d p Cap^t. Atkinson
Ex^d.

Ans^d. the 9 Mar. 1771 Ex^d.
P Goosley

Address leaf

To
Mess^rss. John Norton & Son
Merch^ts:
in
London

P the Yanimerew
Cap^t Atkinson