Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 July 22

Title

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 July 22

Date

Description

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England. Nicholas writes that he has enclosed a bill of Exchange which is to be credited to his account as treasurer.

Identifier

MS1936.3.487
Folder 44

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 22d. July 1771.

Dear Sirs,

I am just return'd from York & in hopes
that this may reach Capn. Goosley, before he sails,
I write it purely to inclose Colo. Wilson M. Cary's
Excha. on Mr. [illegible] for £60 stg., which you'll
be pleased to place to the Credit of my Acct. as
Treasurer. I am, Gent, with much Es:
teem yr. affte. hble Servt.

Ro. C. Nicholas

Address leaf

To
Messrs. John Norton & Son
Merchts. in
London

Virginia 22 July 1771
R. C. Nicholas
Recd: 12 September Ex'd
Ansd the 14 Sepr
P Danby

Citation

Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1728-1780, “Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1771 July 22,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/487.