Henry Skyring letter to John Hatley Norton, 1794 July 3

Henry Skyring letter to John Hatley Norton, 1794 July 3

Henry Skyring, Hampton, Virginia, letter to John Hatley Norton, dated July 3, 1794. Skyring writes concerning the debt due him from John Norton & Sons dating to 1775.

MS1936.3.2283
Folder 222

Ink on paper

[Recto]

D^r Sir/

Your offereing to assist in settleing
an old Acc^t - with Mesr^s Norton &
sons, has given me hopes that the
ballance due me, which the company
will find amounted in the year 1775
to £21.19.11 ^^sterg. will in a short time be
paid. With respect to interest as a
Majority of the British Merchants refu=
=sed to allow it to their American Correspon=
dents while the late war continued, I
shall not expect it during that time.
(But I trust that both you & the part=
=nership will think it right I shou'd
receive it from the time that peace

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was established between the two Countries
Be pleas'd, when you write you Brothers on
this businesss to present them with my best
wishes, & accept the same from your
most Ob^t.
Henry Skyring

Hampton July y^e 3^d
1794

Hen^y. Skyring
British Acc^ts