Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 March 8

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 March 8

Robert Carter Nicholas, Treasurer of Virginia, letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England. Nicholas requests the Nortons pay John Stuart, British superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern tribes, from the Virginia account for his expenses in negotiating with the Cherokee.

MS1936.3.412
Folder 37

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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Williamsburg 8^th. March 1771

Dear Sirs,

There being due from this Colony to John
Stuart Esq^r. the Sum of one hundred & eighty three Pounds
nineteen Shillings & four Pence sterling for Bal^a.
of his Acc^t. of Expences & Disbursements in a late Negoti
ation with the Cherokee Indians, I have authorized him
to draw on you for that Sum, & beg the favour of
you to pay & charge it to the Treasury of Virginia.

I am, Gentlemen,
Y^r. mo. ob^t. hble Ser^t.
Ro C. Nicholas

Address leaf

Virg^a. 8 March 1771
Rob^t C. Nicholas
Rec^d. 23 April 1771

Authorizes Jn^o Stuart Esq^r. to
Draw for £183.19.4 on the
Treasury Acco^t

Ex'd
Ans^d the 29^th May 1771
P Virginia