Peter Lyons letter to John Norton, 1769 December 1

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

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.