List of sundries to be shipd from London by Messrs. John Norton & Son on the proper acct. & risque of Robt Hart

Title

List of sundries to be shipd from London by Messrs. John Norton & Son on the proper acct. & risque of Robt Hart

Date

Description

List of goods to be sent to Robert Hart enclosed with the letter of March 7,1771.

Identifier

MS1936.3.411
Folder 37

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

List of Sundries to be shipd from London by Messrs. John
Norton & Son on the proper Acct. & Risque of Robt. Hart

3 Looking Glasses in plain Mahogany Frames without [illegible]
or Gilding 14 Inches by 24 - 3 Do. 17 Inches by 32
1 Plain Mahogany Tea Chest with Silver or platted mounting
½ doz fashionable White platted Candlesticks
3 pr. Brass Sconces for the sides of Chimneys for Single Candles
3 or 4 doz of the most fashionable pictures for Rooms in plain
frames with glasses & without Gilding
A Sett of the best Geographical Maps without frames or Staffs
Value about 30/ or 40/
3 doz Mezotint Prints without Frames or Glasses
A Small Camera Obscura with 3 or 4 doz of Perspective prints
without frames mostly colloured and different Views from
the above glazed ones
A Pocket Thermometer in a Shagreen Case with Screws to
take it out an put it in with
12 L.. Almonds in the Shell 2 Jarrs best Plumbs and
1 Jarr of Currants 1 Small Jarr of Capers
1/2 doz Damask Table Cloths 8/4 by 10/4
1 doz do Napkins
2 doz neat printed Cambric handkfs
3 ps neat dark grounded India Chintz fine
2 ps. grounded Callicae fit for Bed & Window Curtains
32 yd. each not to exceed 4/
1 full peice of neat fashionable flowred Silk not to exceed
6/ or 6/6 p yard 6 ps. fashionable Ribbon
A peice of Green Baize or some such thing for under covers
for Tables

Page 2

½ doz Ladies Hatts with Feathers
2 pr. Womens neat Stone Shoe Buckles in Cases
2 Setts fashionable Earrings & Necklaces not to exceed 25/or 30/
1 doz fashionable White Wax necklaces 1 doz collored Do
1 doz Black Velvett Collars flowred with white Beads
1 doz smal Black Bead Necklaces
½ doz Bent paste Combs for Ladies Hair on Tortoise Shell
1 doz Plain Bent Do of Tortoise shell 1 doz best horn Do
1 doz Pocket Tortoise Shell Combs with single cases
1 doz Box combs with Cases
1 doz best comb brushes 1 doz Do. tooth brushes
2 M best White chapel neeldes (Sharps) Sorted of all Sizesbut mostly small
1 doz pr. Neat Scizars with cases
3 Lucars best Knives with Two Blades one a pen knife and
the other large for pocket use, 3 Do. with four Blades
½ doz small neat Morrocco pocket books with good Instruments
½ doz small Ass skin memorandum books
A Few of the Late most esteemed Plays & Pamphlets
½ doz Books intitled The Rule of Life
½ doz .............. Oconomy of Human Life
½ ............. Present for an Apprentice
A Collection of the newest and most esteemed Songs ..
6 pair neat Womens Leather Shoes & pumps }from 9¼ to 9¾
6 pair         Do. Black Callimancae Shoes }Inches Long
6 pair Do mens plain Shoes & 4 pr. Dress Do. 10½ Indhes
2 pair Mens half boots or Rather Snow Shoes, Single [illegible]
[illegible] to buckle & Lace up before one pair 10 Inches
the other 10½ Inches Long

Page 3

1 doz pair Womens Large White Kid Gloves
1 doz pair colloured Do 1 doz Marquisate & other Sprigs for
Ladies Hair - ½ doz fashionable fanns with Cases
A Compleat Sett of fashionable China viz Tea & Coffee
Equipage, 9 dishes sorted ½ doz Soup and 1 doz Shallon Table
plates 1 doz Breakfast plates and an Assortment of Bowls
All of the same sort or as near as may be unless the price
should be high which I cannot afford
2 Japann'd Tea Boards 2 Do Fruit Dishes 2 Do Bread
baskets 3 do. large waiters 3 do. Small Do
½ doz wickered bread baskets
3 plate Baskets Lined 3 Knive Baskets do.
A Strong Portmanteau Trunk for a Pole Chair Thirty
Six or 38 Inches Long narrow in proportion to its Length not
of Seal skin because of the worms but waterproof and with a very good Lock
Another of the same kind a size smaller
I am in want of a good Large Strong Iron Bound Chest
with a Good Lock in which you'l please to have the above
articles or as many as it will hold of the small ones pack'd
2 Casks best bottled Porter

Citation

Hart & Marshall (Firm), “List of sundries to be shipd from London by Messrs. John Norton & Son on the proper acct. & risque of Robt Hart,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/411.