Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, 1769 December 28

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Williamsburg 28^th. Dec^r.1769

Dear Sir.

I have before advised you of my Draft in fav^r
of Cap^t. Robert Necks for £100 ^st., & have since drawn on you
to M^r. Emm^l. Jones for £10 ^st. which you'll be pleased to honor.
I send you inclosed M^r. Nelson's Bill on M^r. Cary for £200 ^st,
which you'll be pleased to place to the Credit of my private
Account. I likewise send you sundry Bills amounting,
as P List to £722..4.. ^st. on Acc^t. of the Treasury. I have drawn
on you for £100 to M^r. W^mr. Paradise,
& have likewise sent M^r. Montagu an Order for £500 ^st.
payable the 25^th. of March next, whcn his Salary becomes
due; which three last Sums are to be charged to my
Account, as Treasurer; the rest of the Money lodged in y^r.
Hands I shall not, perhaps, have Occaison to draw for
'till the last of April or Beginning of May, but, if my
Occaisons should oblige me to do it sooner, I will advise
you. I had almost forgot to mention a small Bill I gave
M^r. Carter a few Days since for £36.14.8 ^st. which is likewise
to be charged to the Treasury Account.

Our Countrymen are desirous of introducing
Copper Money amongst us & in the last Assembly address'd
the Governor to intercede with his Majesty to allow it
to be current. So soon as the King's Proclamation ap.
pears for that Purpose, I am directed to import as many
half Pence as £2,500 ^st will purchase; but as I am pretty much

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a Stranger to a Thing of the Sort, I should be glad of your
Advice, in the mean Time, how it is to be procured upon the
Best Terms. Your J.H.N. has been up the Country for
some Time; the last Time I heard from him he was very
well. Wish you & your's a long & uninterrupted Series
of happy Years, I remain, Gentlement, very affectio:
nately

Y^r. much oblidged hble Ser^vt.
Ro. C. Nicholas

Pray let me have both my Accounts current twice
a year, that I may keep every Thing clearly & distinctly.

I have rec^d. y^r. several late Letters with News Papers, for
which I thank you; but are there no political Pam:
phlets? When D^r. Blackstone publishes his 5^th. & sub:
sequent Volumes, you'll be pleased to send them
to me.

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[1 word illegible] 105^£ in half pence for every £100

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Mess^rs. John Norton & Son
Merch^ts. in
London

Virg^a 28^th Dec^r. 1769
RoC. Nicholas
Rec'd 29^th March 1770

Blackstone's Commen
taries 5^th & Subsequent Volumes & Political
Pamphlets ent^d. pa:

Answ^d. the 30 Mar. 1770
p Cap^t. Lilly