Mary Savage letter to John Norton, 1766 August 11

Mary Savage letter to John Norton, 1766 August 11

Letter of Mary Savage, Virginia to John Norton merchant of London. Savage writes that she received Norton's last letter by Captain Anderson with whom she would have sent her tobacco but she did not produce a crop. She writes of her hopes to send a crop the next season and requests Norton procure some goods in the inventory at the bottom of the page.

MS 1936.3.31
Folder 3

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

Ink on paper

Page 1

 

Virginia Northampton, August 11, 1[766]

Sir.

I rec^d. yours of the 10^th. March by Cap^t
Anderson, with the Watch & Fiddle sent by him
& at whose return, would have sent you more
Tobacco, but did not make one pound last year.
I expect to make a Crop this year, which I
purpose to Ship you the next, in the mean time
I shall be in want of the Goods hereunder
mentioned, which I hope you will Send by the
return of your Ship next Spring

I am S^r. your hble Servnt.
Mary Savage

Invoice of Goods

Broadcloath enough for Two Suits of Cloaths like the Colour
I Send enclosed @ 15/ or thereabouts; Linings and Trimings all
Suitable for it

 

1 p^s. yard wide Linnen @ 2/6
1 p^s. D^o. 7/8 @ 1/6
1/4 of Thread Suitable to make it up
1 doz: Ivory handle Knives & forks
1 doz; Desert D^o.
2 doz: Buck D^o.
1 Ream of paper
3000 Pins of different Sizes

 

Address leaf

 

To
M^r. John Norton
Merchant in London
per the Rachel & Mary
Cap^t. Anderson
Q.D.C.

 

Docket

 

Virg^a. 11^th Aug^st. 1766
Mary Savage
Rec^d. Nov^r. 1766
Goods ent^d. pa. 281
Answ^d. y^e March 1767
per Cap^t. Anderson