Nathaniel Burwell list of goods, 1768 August 23

Title

Nathaniel Burwell list of goods, 1768 August 23

Date

Description

A list of goods desired by Nathaniel Burwell sent with his letter to John Norton of August 23, 1768.

Identifier

MS 1936.3.126
Folder 11

Publisher

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

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text


Recto

4 Pair of Neat blk. Callimanco Pumps
2 Do. of green Leather Do.
1 Do. of garnet Sattin Do.
6 Do. of fine Thread Hose
12 Do. of Best french Kid Glove
8 Do. of Do. Do. Mitts
1 Do. of Blk net Silk Gloves
½ a Piece of fine Printed long Lawn the Pattern to be
small and running
½ Do. of White Do. @ 3/6 pr. yard
1 Green Durant quilted Petticoat
½ a Piece of Striped Muslin @ 5/ pr yard
2 Book Muslin Aprons with Strip'd Borders
the two not to exceed 20/
4 Do. double Handfs
2 yards of Book Muslin
4 fine Double Lawn Handfs with Strip'd Borders @ 5/ a piece
1 Suit of fashionable Gauze Apron Handkerchief
and Ruffles @ 20/
2 Slight fashionable Caps
2 Slight Fans the one Garnet & the other White
2 Fashionable Ribband Stomachers & Sleeve Knots
1 large Handsome french wax Necklace and
Earrings at about 20/
1 Italian Stomacher & Sleeve Knotts
2 large Do. Egrets
½ a Piece of Broad White Ribband edg'd with Pink
½ Do. of Narrow Do. Do.
½ Do. of Broad plain Pink
½ Do. of Do. Do. Blue
8 Thousand Pins in Papers Sorted
½ lb of Best Scotch Thread sorted
[ms. damaged] Best White Chapel Needles
[ms. damaged] Ounces of Sewing Silk
[ms. damaged] Piece of good strong Checks
Pce of Do. Dowlas


Verso

1 Piece of Green Shalloon

Memorandum
The Shoes to be made by Gresham & the
Gloves by Richard Griffith, all the things
to be put in a Neat Strong travelling Trunk

2 pr double Channel pumps
2 pr Strong shoes
made by Watson
2 pr wax leather
new round Court Strand
London
1 pr Buckskin Boots & steel spurs

4 pr White Raw Silk hose
4 pr Colour'd ditto
2 pr fine Silk hose
6 pr Worsted hose

2 hatts price 20/ Each
1 peice of handkerchiefs 50/

Citation

Burwell, Nathaniel, b. ca. 1748, “Nathaniel Burwell list of goods, 1768 August 23,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 29, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/126.