William Anderson & Co. letter to John Norton and Son, 1769 September 4

William Anderson & Co. letter to John Norton and Son, 1769 September 4

William Anderson & Co., Louisa County, Virginia, letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England, dated September 4, 1769 concerning a tobacco shipment.

MS 1936.3.246
Folder 22

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

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

Ink on paper

[Page 1]

We shipt you 1 hogshead Tobacco
per the Betty Captain Peterson [tobacco mark] No. 1
1046lb Nett, which beg you'l dispose
off to best Advantage, And ship the
Goods per Invoice inclosed in your
first ship for York River

[Page 2 and 3, blank]

[Page 4]

To
Messrs. John Norton
& Son
Merchan
London

Virginia 4th September 1769
William Anderson & Company
Received November 21st
per Mr. Beynham
in Captain Esten Junior
Goods entered page: 110
Answered the   1770
per Robertson