Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 March 8
Title
Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 March 8
Date
Description
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.
Identifier
MS1936.3.412
Folder 37
Folder 37
Subject
Source
John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3
Publisher
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Original Format
Ink on paper
Text
Page 1
Williamsburg 8th. March 1771
Dear Sirs,
There being due from this Colony to John
Stuart Esqr. the Sum of one hundred & eighty three Pounds
nineteen Shillings & four Pence sterling for Bala.
of his Acct. 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,
Yr. mo. obt. hble Sert.
Ro C. Nicholas
Address leaf
Virga. 8 March 1771
Robt C. Nicholas
Recd. 23 April 1771
Authorizes Jno Stuart Esqr. to
Draw for £183.19.4 on the
Treasury Accot
Ex'd
Ansd the 29th May 1771
P Virginia
Citation
Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1728-1780, “Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 March 8,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 18, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/412.