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
Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas, treasurer of the colony of Virginia, to John Norton & Son, requesting payment to John Stuart, Superintendant of Indian Affairs in the Southern District.
Identifier
MS1936.3.413
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 in Virga. 8th. March
1771.
Gentlemen.
By my Letter of this Date I have de:
sired the favour of you to pay to the Honble John
Stuart, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in our Southern
District, or to his Order the Sum of one hundred & eighty
three Pounds, nineteen Shillings & four Pence Ster.g,
I have only to repeat my Request that you will be
pleased to give due Honour to his Draught for that
Sum & am
Gentlemen,
Yr. mo. obt. Sert.
Ro. C. Nicholas
to
Messrs. Norton & Son.
Address leaf
Virga. 8th March 1771
R.C. Nicholas
Rec'd ye 23d July
Ansd the August Ex'd
P Anderson
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 25, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/413.