Peter Lyons letter to John Norton, 1769 December 1
Creator
Title
Peter Lyons letter to John Norton, 1769 December 1
Date
Description
Peter Lyons letter to John Norton, merchant of London, requesting Norton deliver the inclosed letter to George Thomas.
Identifier
MS 1936.3.270
Folder 25
Folder 25
Subject
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
Virginia December 1st, 1769
Sir
I beg leave to trouble you with the inclosed Letter for
Mr. George Thomas, but if he should be left England before it
gets to Hand, be pleased to return it under cover to me, and
you will much oblige
Your most Hble Servt.
Petr. Lyons
Verso
To
Mr. John Norton
Mercht. in
London
Virginia Decembr. 1st 1769
Peter Lyons
recd. Feby. 28 1770 p Hamlyn
Answd. 10th. March 1770
p Capt. Robertson
Citation
Lyons, Peter, 1734 or 1735-1809, “Peter Lyons letter to John Norton, 1769 December 1,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 23, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/270.