Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, 1768 August 1

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, 1768 August 1

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, merchant in London. Nicholas writes concerning the shipment of his tobacco and draughts from John Hatley Norton and to Elizabeth Eyre.

MS 1936.3.104
Folder 10

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

Ink on paper

Page 1

Williamsburg 1^st. August 1768

D^r. Sir.

I wrote to you pretty fully this morn-
ing by the Randolph Cap^t. Walker, who carries
forty Hhds of my Tob^o. to y^r. Address, which I have
by several Opportunities desired you to insure.
I advised you of my having shipt fifty Hhds
more on Board y^r. own Ship, which I also
desired might be insured, & sent your Son's
Draught for £300 St^g. & now hand you his second
Bill. I also advised of my last Draught to M^rs.
Eliz^a. Eyre for £30 St^g. which you'll be pleas'd
to give due Honor to. I am, D^r. Sir,
Y^r. aff^te. & mo. ob^t. Ser^t.
Ro. C. Nicholas

Address leaf

To
M^r. John Norton
Merch^t. in
London

p Cap^t. Outram
Q.D.C.

Virginia 1^st. Aug^st. 1768
Ro Carter Nicholas

Rec'd y^e 19^th Sep^r.

Ans^d y^e 4 Oct^r. 1768
p M^r. Powell in Cocke