Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 June 4
Title
Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 June 4
Date
Description
Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, merchants in London, England , requesting insurance on 30 hogsheads of tobacco belonging to the estate of Edward Ambler. Nicholas was one of the executors of Ambler's estate.
Identifier
MS1936.3.446
Folder 40
Folder 40
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 4th, June 1771
Dear Sirs,
I wrote pretty fully a few Days ago,
& have now only to desire the favour of you
to insure thirty Hhds of Mr. Edward Ambler's
Estate's Tobo. on board the Lyon, Capt. Goosley,
to whom I have just now deliver'd an Order
for that Number. I am with much Esteem
Dr. Sirs
Yr. mo. obt. Sert.
Ro. C. Nicholas.
Address leaf
To
Messrs. John Norton & Son
Merchts. in
London
Virginia 4 June 1771
Robt: C. Nicholas
Recd: 2 August 1771
Insurce. of 30 hhds Tob: for
Mr. E. Amblers Estate
Ansd the August Ex'd
P Anderson
Citation
Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1728-1780, “Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 June 4,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/446.