Francis Leigh letter to John Norton & Son, 1773 September 9

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Virginia Sep^r. the 9^th. 1773

Sir/

Some time in May M^r David Jamison
Apply'd to me to Discharge the Bill you -
Protested for £50. I then thought I cou'd with
safty [crossed out, illegible] draw on you for £65 -
which I did. som time after I Rec^d your Letter
Inclosing my Acc^t. Sails & Find it vastly short
of my Expectation, for this reason, M^r. Ric^d Cary
and others who ships to M^r. Waterman Rec^d-
Acc^t. sails of their tobacco Shipt at the same
time, from £9 to £12 p hh^d, an as my former Acc^ts -
of sails was ^never inferior it gave me the assurance
to Draw on you as I did, if my Bill shou'd be
Protested, I shall readily submit to it, and only
Reflect that, a series of Bad Luck & Misfor=
=tunes has attended me for many Years, an
has not as yet come to its Crices   I shall be ^glad you'd
send me p first Oportunity my Acc^t. Current -
Have shipt you p the Betsy 3 hh^ds Tobacco which
I Hope will get safe to hand & to a more agreable
Market then my Eight last sent, I shou'd have
wrote to you long ago had not my indisposition
Prevented, the Brass Kittle you sent me was -
the most Ridiculous ever Imported, the Bottom
being so thin it wou'd not bare the Quantity of -
water the vessel wou'd Contain, therefore it's ren=
=dered intirely Usless to me - I am with Respect

sir Y^r. Mo Hble Sr^t -
Fran^s. Leigh

Address leaf

To
Mess^rs. John Norton & Son
Merchants in
London

p Cap^t Dunsley

Virg^a. 9 Sept: 1773
Francis Leigh
rec^d: 15 Nov^r:
Ex^d

Mem^o. of a Kettle
Answ^d. y^e. 27 Nov.
ppS. by Capⁿ. H. Esten
wrote again the   March
p Robertson