William Plummer letter to John Norton and Son, 1769 August 2

William Plummer letter to John Norton and Son, 1769 August 2

William Plummer, Virginia, letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England, dated August 2, 1769. Plummer writes concerning the quality of his tobacco which the Norton's found to be poor and to request the goods ordered on the inclosed invoice.

MS 1936.3.218
Folder 20

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

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

Ink on paper

[Recto]

Virginia Aug^t 2^d. 1769

M^r. John Norton Virginia

Sir/

I have sent you 5 hhds w^ch hope you will do
the best y^t lays in y^r. power in selling them
years of late has been so bad y^t their; no such
thing as to make a Crop. I am sorry y^r Compl
aint of my Tob^o: I thought what ground. I plan=
the Tobacco when it was Inspectd their was
severel of y^e Neighbous alowd it ^to be as good
Tob^o. as they had seen it was not so large as
I have made but thicker & weighteir Tob^o I never
had in my life so if such Tobacco will not
answer I must leave it of & fall in some
other way to get a living. I have a better pros
=pect now then I have had for some years
to make a crop as I understand there is but
a small prospect of making Tobacco in many
parts of the C^ountry I have sent to you for
few Goods which please to send me as by
the Inclosd Invoice what Tob^o. I shall make
I shall Reserve for y^e order & with Respect

Sir yr mo^t Obed^t servant
William Plummer

[Verso]

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

Virginia Aug^st. 2 1769
William Plummer
rec^d. Octo^r. 18^th p Brilliant
Goods ent^d. pa:

Ans^d y^e   March 1770
p Brilliant