Nathaniel Burwell letter to John Norton, 1768 August 23

Title

Nathaniel Burwell letter to John Norton, 1768 August 23

Date

Description

Nathaniel Burwell letter to John Norton, merchant in London, England. Burwell informs Norton that he has sent 5 hogsheads of tobacco; is pleased with the gun he received; has drawn on Norton for £30 payable to A. Craig and has inclosed a list of goods to be furnished by Norton.

Identifier

MS 1936.3.125
Folder 11

Publisher

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

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text


Recto

Virginia August 23d. 1768

Dr Sir

Inclosed is an Invoice for
some Goods, which I shall be obliged to you
if you will send them in a York River Ship.
On board the Brilliant are five hog.hs. of Tobacco
which I am sure will not pay for the Goods
I have sent for after paying the Bill but they are my all, had they
been an hundred you should have had the
preference to any man in England. I was
obliged to draw a Bill on you for Thirty Pounds
payble To A Craig which I hope you have
been kind enough to pay. next Year you shall
have 15 or 20 hogshs. of Tobacco if so many made,
if more, you shall have the Whole. The Gun you
sent I much approve of & think her cheap.
my Love to Mrs. Norton & the Family

I am your Friend
& Kinsman
Nat. Burwell

Watson has my
measure


Verso

Virginia 23d Augst 1768
Nat Burwell Junr.

Rec'd 24th October
p Capt. Robertson

Goods entd. pa: 8

Ansd ye March 1769
p Briliant

Citation

Burwell, Nathaniel, b. ca. 1748, “Nathaniel Burwell letter to John Norton, 1768 August 23,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/125.