Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, 1768 September 11

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, 1768 September 11

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, merchant in London, England. Nicholas writes that the tobacco crop in Virginia will be short and requests Norton hold off selling the tobacco he sent until buyers in England are willing to pay higher prices for it.

MS 1936.3.145
Folder 13

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

Ink on paper

Page 1

Virg^a. 11^th. Sep^r. 1768

Dear Sir,

Hearing that Cap^t. Hubbard still
remains at York, I have but just Time to forward
the inclosed, which I did not receive till
this Morning. In my last I hinted to you how
much our Crop of Tob^o. is likely to fall short
of what was expected; this Account is almost
daily confirm'd from every Part of the
Country, &, however difficult it may be
to persuade the Buyers on y^r. Side of
the Water, of the Truth of it, I would choose
to have such of my Tob^o. reserved, as you
think will bear keeping, till they are con:
vinced of it by Some Experience.

Y^r. Aff^te. Serv^t.
Ro. C. Nicholas

Address leaf

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

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

Virginia 11^th Sep^r. 1768
Ro C: Nicholas

Rec'd 24^th Oct^o.
p Cap^t. Hubbard

Ans^d y^e Dec^r. 1768.
p Theodrick