Augustine Smith letter to John Norton, 1767 January 4

Augustine Smith letter to John Norton, 1767 January 4

Letter of Augustine Smith of Middlesex County, Va. to John Norton merchant in London. Smith advises Norton that he has sent 4 hogsheads of tobacco and requests a number of articles be sent to him. Included in the list are clothes for young children and mourning rings.

MS 1936.3.45
Folder 5

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

Ink on paper

Page 1

Sir.

By Cap^t. Lilly have sent you 4 hds Tob^o. & shall be oblig'd to you,
to send me the following articles on it viz. 3 Tooth brushes, a green
Silk tippet, 1 p^r. Womens pattins, 1 p^r. clogs, 1 fashionable muff with
a hair tippet to it, a red Silk Bonnet & Cloke for a Child three years
old, three mourning rings according to the inclosd directions, a Silver
lac'd hatt for a Boy four years old. These things shall be glad to have
by the first ship in York or Rappa^k.

I am Sir
your humble ser^t.
Augustine Smith
Middlesex 4^th. Jan^y. 1767

P.S.
2 fans at 2/6 each for
a Child 5 years old

Address leaf

To M^r John Norton
Merch^t in
London
By Cap^t Lilly

Virg^a 4^th Jany 1767
Augt: Smith Esq^r
Recd 1 Mar
Goods sent pa: 326
Answ^d March 1767
per Cap^t. Anderson