Hart & Marshall letter to John Norton, 1770 July 4

Hart & Marshall letter to John Norton, 1770 July 4

Letter of Hart & Marshall of Hanover Town, Virgina, informing London merchant John Norton that they have shipped him 12 hogsheads of tobacco on the Brilliant and would like him to insure it at the rate of 12 pounds per hogshead.

MS1936.3.319
Folder 30

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

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

Ink on paper

Page 1

Sir

Having Ship'd on Board te Brilliant to your
Address Twelve hhd Tob^o must request the favour
of you to make Insurance on the same at the rate
of 12 £ Stg p hhd

By the Brilliant we shall write you more fully
And in the meantime

We are
Sir
Your most Hm^le Ser^ts
Hart & Marshall
Hanover T Virg^a. July 4^th. 1770

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To
M^r. John Norton
Merch^t
London

Virg^a. 4^th July 1770
Hart & Marshall
R^d. 6 Sep^r. 1770 Ex^d
Via Bristol
Order for Insur^ce Tob.
Ent^d y^e 8^th Sep^r.
p two Jesters