Invoice of goods August 2nd 1769

Title

Invoice of goods August 2nd 1769

Date

Description

Invoice of goods submitted to John Norton & Sons by William Plummer with his letter of August 2, 1769. Among the requested goods are women's and children's clothing, fabrics, medicines, spices, paper, knives, needles, blankets, etc.

Identifier

MS 1936.3.219
Folder 20

Source

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

Publisher

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

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

[Recto]

Invoice of Goods August 2nd 1769.

✓ To 1. ps. of Bro. Linen 137 Ells
✓ To. 1. ps. Do. of Shiften Linen @ 2/6
✓ To 1. ps. Do. of Do. at 1/6 ✓ ps. do @ 1/3
✓ To. 1. ps. Do. of princes @ 9d
✓ To 4 prs. of Womans Worsted Hoes
✓ To 4 pr. of thread Do. ✓ 2 pr. of Girls worsted Do
✓ To 2 pr. White thread Do. ✓ 1 - ps of Cotton Negros
✓ To 2 Mens Hatts @ 12/ ✓ 1 Boys Do. 6/
✓ To 18 Yards of Brown Holland
✓ To. 1. ps. of Blew & White Cotton Do. @ 20d
✓ To. 2 pr. Womans Callimanco Shoes ✓ 2 pr. of Girls Do
✓ To. 9 yards of Wide Flower.d Dimmoty
✓ To. 8m Sorted Pins. ✓ 6. Handkerchefs blew & White
✓ To. 3. C. White Chapple Needles
✓ To. 4. ozs. of Ounce thread ✓ 2lb of Brown Do
✓ To 2 ps. of Filleting ✓ 2 Do. of Tape
✓ To 1 Dozn. of Long Cotten Laces
✓ To. 2. pr. of Large Bed Blankets
✓ To. 4 Bottles of Elexer Bardana ✓ 2 Do. of Turlington
✓ To. 3 ozs. of Turkey Rhubard ✓ 2 bottles of [illegible] Elexer.
✓ To 2 Girls Bonnets Black Silk Paper'd
✓ To 6 Round point Knives
✓ To 2 Calf skins. 1 Black wax & the other Black Grain
✓ To. 1. Side of Sole Leather ✓ 2 ozs. of Spt. of salvolatile
✓ To 2 ozs. of spt. of Sweet Nitre -
✓ To 10 yards of Ribband Sorted. ✓ ½ Ream Writing Paper
✓ To 4lb. of Pepper ✓ 2 Do. of all Spice 4 ozs. of Nutmegs
✓ To 2 Do. of Cloves. 1 Box of Andersons Pills 2/6
✓ To 3 Loves of Double Sugar ✓ 3 Do. of Single
Car'd Over

Brought Over

✓ To. 4 pr. of hard Metal Buckles
✓ To 1. Woman Cloth Cardinal of a Crimson}
✓ Colour Trimmed With White ....}
✓ To 2 pr. of Woman's Colour'd Gloves
✓ To. 2 pr. of Mitts Do -
✓ To 2 pr. of Girls Colour'd Gloves 2 pr. of Mitts Do
✓ To. 4 Dozn. Brown Holland Coat Buttons
✓ To 2. Dozn. brest Do.}
✓ To. 2 ozs. of thread}             Wm. Plummer
✓ For the Bro. Holl:d}

Citation

Plummer, William, “Invoice of goods August 2nd 1769,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed May 4, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/219.