Boyd & Brown letter to John Norton, 1771 September 14
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Boyd & Brown letter to John Norton, 1771 September 14
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Boyd & Brown letter to John Norton, merchant in London, England. Boy & Brown write that they have shipped 1 hogshead of tobacco; drawn on him for 8 pounds payable to John Brown merchants of Glasgow and to mention the short tobacco crop.
Identifier
MS1936.3.510
Folder 46
Folder 46
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Source
John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3
Publisher
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Ink on paper
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Virginia King & Queen County Sepr 14th 1771
Mr John Norton
Sir
We have shipt in your
Virginia Capt Robertson 1 Hhd Toba. TSB. No 13 -
hopes it will get safe to hand and doubts not but you
will dispose of it to the best Advantage -
Of this date we have Called on you in favour of Mr John
Brown Merchts. in Glasgow for Eight pounds which
we hope will meet with honour, should the neat proceeds
of the sale Amt. to more you will Also pay it to him
We doubt not but Toba will give a good price wt you
as this years Crop is one of the shortest that has been
Made for a long time We are Sir
Your most huml Servts
Boyd & Brown
Address leaf
To
Mr John Norton
Mercht in
London
Virga. 14th Sepr 1771
Boyd & Brown
Rec'd the 17th Decr Ansd the March
P Goosley
Citation
Boyd & Brown (Firm), “Boyd & Brown letter to John Norton, 1771 September 14,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed May 9, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/510.