Moses Robertson letter to James Withers, 1779 December 27

Moses Robertson letter to James Withers, 1779 December 27

Captain Moses Robertson, Portsmouth, England, letter to James Withers, merchant of London, England, dated December 27, 1779. Robertson writes that he has arrived in Plymouth with the convoy and asks for advise about sending John Hatley Norton's letters by post because weather will delay sending them by ship.

MS1936.3.1463
Folder 142

Ink on paper

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Portsmouth 27. December
1779

Dear Sir,

I wrote you on the 25^t. Ins^t. to Inform
you of our Arrival at this place on the 23^d
from Plym^o. under Convoy and to let you
konw that I had Just rec^d. Instructions from
the Cabbot Sloop of War for the Downs
and that we sail the first Fair Wind
but Unfortunately for us the Wind came
to the Eastward and now Seems Settled in
that Quarter pray God it may not continue
long, I wrote you from Penzance that M^r.
Nortons letters to you & the rest of his Frnds
were by his desire to be kept on Board &
not put in the Post but as he shou'd not
Fore see such a detention as we have
Unluckily Met with since our first
Arrival in England, I shou'd be glad of
a line from you direct^d to be left at
M^r. Wrens in S^t. Tho^s. Street. Whether
you woud Advize me to put them
in the Post if the Wind continues ^{or not} I wish
you & your Famaly the Complem^ts. of
the Season & Remain D^r Sir your
Very Hble Serv^t.
Moses Robertson

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M^r. James Withers
Merch^t. at N^o. 9
Copthall Court
London

Moses Robertson
Dec^r. 27^th. 1779