Champion Travis letter to John Norton and Son, 1770 November 8

Champion Travis letter to John Norton and Son, 1770 November 8

Champion Travis letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England and Yorktown, Virginia. Travis requests insurance for his shipment of tobacco.

MS1936.3.390
Folder 35

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

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

Ink on paper

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Gentlemen

I make no doubt but by this
you have received on my account by Cap^t.
Goosly four Hogsheads of Tobacco on presumti-
on of wich I have drawn for Forty Pounds
in favour of M^r James Cock which I hope
you will Honour

Yours
Champion Travis

November 8 1770

Address leaf

To
M^r John Norton & Son
London

Virg. 8 Nov^r. 1770
Champⁿ. Travis
R^d. 31 Dec^r. Ex^d

Ans^d the 9^th March 1771
p Goosley