Invoice of goods to be shipped by John Norton, Esq., London, for William Cary of York Town Virginia at the next return of his Ship
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Invoice of goods to be shipped by John Norton, Esq., London, for William Cary of York Town Virginia at the next return of his Ship
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Invoice of goods sent by William Cary to John Norton with his letter of August 25, 1768. The invoice includes numerous textiles as well as fiddle strings, men's and women's shoes, hankerchiefs, knives, forks, fishhooks nails, locks and hinges.
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MS 1936.3.131
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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Ink on paper
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Invoice of Goods to be Ship't by John Norton Esqr. for William
Cary of York Town Virginia at the next return of his Ship Insure'd
2 pieces good German Ozenbrigs abot 200 Ells | at 7 ½ d | 6 | 5 | |
2 pieces 7/8 Irish Linen abot 50 yards | at 12d | 2 | 10 | |
1 ps. Do Do 25 yards | at 13d | 1 | 7 | 1 |
1 ps. Do. Do. 25 yards | at 14d | 1 | 9 | 2 |
1 ps. yard Wide Do. 25 | at 2/6 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
1 ps. Ditto Do. 25 yards | at 3/ | 3 | 15 | |
1 ps. fine brown Holland abot. 30 yards | at 15d yd | 1 | 17 | 6 |
1 ps. fine brown Russia sheeting 30 Ells | abot. 10d | 1 | 5 | 0 |
1 ps. fine white Ditto 30 Ells | at 1/6 Ells | 2 | 5 | |
12lb best brown thread in ¼lb Hanks | at 1/6lb | 18 | ||
6 yards fashionable printed Callico | at 2/ yd | 12 | ||
6 yards Ditto Do. | at 2/4 | 14 | ||
6 yards Ditto Ditto | at 2/6 | 15 | ||
6 yards Ditto Ditto | at 2/9 | 16 | 6 | |
6 yards Ditto Ditto | at 3/ | 18 | ||
6 yards Ditto Ditto | at 3/3 | 19 | 6 | |
6 yards Ditto very fine | at 3/4 | 1 | ||
6 yds. Ditto Ditto | at 3/6 | 1 | 1 | |
1lb Sewing Silk, black, white, blue, Green, & Yellow | 1 | 10 | ||
1 Groce Fiddle Strings all Trebles | abot. | 1 | 10 | |
2 pieces fashionable Bath broad Cloth abot. 24 yards | at 10/ | 12 | ||
trimings to suit them abot. | 1 | |||
2 pieces fine spotted Cambrick Handkerchieffs | abot. 24/ps | 2 | 8 | |
6 dozen Table Knives & Forks bone Handles | at abot. 3/4 | 1 | ||
6 Groce of Kerbys fish Hooks sorted from Perch to Trout | 18 | |||
12 pair mens best plain shoes | abot. | 3 | ||
12 pr. Womens neat Callimanco shoes & pumps small size | 2 | 2 |
in one Cask
12 m 6d flatt pointed nails, 6 m 8d. Do. 6 m 10d & 6 m 20d
4 good plated stock Locks & 2 pr. large X Garnett Hinges
2 pair large [illustration of an HL hinge] Hinges with Screws for the Locks & [illustration of an HL hinge] hinges
Citation
Cary, William, “Invoice of goods to be shipped by John Norton, Esq., London, for William Cary of York Town Virginia at the next return of his Ship,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed May 2, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/131.