Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 July 6
Title
Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 July 6
Date
Description
Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England and Yorktown, Virginia. Nicholas writes that he is enclosing bills of exchange to be credited to the estate of Lord Botetourt, wishes his tobacco shipment and the shipment for Edward Ambler's estate to be insured and that John Hatley Norton is well.
Identifier
MS1936.3.463
Folder 42
Folder 42
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 6th. July 1771
Dear Sirs.
I send you inclosed sundry Bills of Excha. Amg.
as p List. £213.. st.g, which, when paid, you'll be pleased
to place to the Credit of the Estate of our late Gover:
nor Lord Botetourt.
I have before desired the favour of you
to insure 30 Hhds of Mr. Edward Ambler's Estates'
Tobo. & 26 of my own by Capt. Goosley, who I under:
stand will leave his Moorings in a few Days.
your J.H.N is up the Country, & I
believe is very well. I am with much Esteem
Dr. Sirs,
Yr. affte. & mo. obt. Servt.
Ro. C. Nicholas
Address leaf
To
Messrs. John Norton & Son
Merchts. in
London
Virginia 6 July 1771
Robt C. Nicholas
Rec'd: 14 Augt: 1771 Ex'd
Orders Insurance
Ansd the 31st. Augst.
P Greig
Citation
Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1728-1780, “Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 July 6,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/463.