Rebecca Chamberlayne letter to John Norton, 1771 July 13

Rebecca Chamberlayne letter to John Norton, 1771 July 13

Rebecca Chamberlayne letter to John Norton, merchant of London, England. Chamberlayne writes concerning the settlement of the Brentwood Estate, her tobacco shipment and the post chariot being made for her by Mr. Claiborne. Enclosed with this letter, Chamberlayne sent a list of goods she desired Norton to provide.

MS1936.3.467
Folder 42

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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New Kent, Virginia July 13^th, 1771

Sir

I received your Letter of the 9^th. of March and
am obliged to you for the trouble you have taken about the
Brentwood Estate, I have executed the Deeds & papers you
sent in for conveying it to M^r. Fisher and as I have agreed
that my Sister Taylor shall have the whole purchase money,
she is to pay all expense attending it, therefore request that you
will charge her with the whole expence, and credit my Account
for what you may haved placed to it for my proportion of your
advance for that business.

I received the Goods by the Ship Lyon agreeable
to the Invoice, and intended to have shipt you in return by her
six Hhds of Tobacco, which I understand M^r. Claiborne wrote to
you to insure, but Captⁿ. Goosley has left them out therefore you
will be pleased to have the premium returned. I hear that Captⁿ.
Robinson is arrived and by him shall ship them six Hhhds &
six or seven more that I have in James River if he will get them
round. I now inclose you an Invoice of Goods to be sent
me in the spring, and hope you will give directions to the Tradesmen
to be careful in the choice of them, for the Goods sent this Year are
in general bad, but of this you will be more fully informed by

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Your other Correspondents, I have in the Invoice set down & suit
of worked Muslin and shall be much obliged to M^rs. Norton if
she will be at the trouble of choosing it for me, and shall also
be obliged to you to give proper and particulare directions about
a post chariott that M^r. Claiborne will write you to have made
for me, I want it to hold two persons and light enough to be
drawn by two of our Horses, at the same time neat & strong &
to have convenient places to fix Trunks & for travelling, and as
you know th size and general strength of our Horses I beg
you will give the maker such information as will guide him
in making it suitable to this Country, especially the Wheels
which are seldom made light or strong in England.

As I shall want to know the state of my Account with
you beg you will forward a copy of it in the Spring.

I am (with Compliments to M^rs. Norton and good
wishes towards all your Family)

Sir
Your very Hble Serv^t.
Rebecca Chamberlayne

July 15^th: 1771 W^msburg
Robertson is not arrived
RWC

Address leaf

To
M^r. John Norton
Merch^t. in
London

p the Lyon
Captⁿ. Goosley

Virginia 15 July 1771
Rebecca Chamberlayne
Rec^d: 12^th September Ex'd
Goods Ent^d: pa: 397
wrote p Goosley
Ans^d the March
p Robertson