Boyd & Brown letter to John Norton, 1771 September 14

Boyd & Brown letter to John Norton, 1771 September 14

Boyd & Brown letter to John Norton, merchant in London, England. Boy & Brown write that they have shipped 1 hogshead of tobacco; drawn on him for 8 pounds payable to John Brown merchants of Glasgow and to mention the short tobacco crop.

MS1936.3.510
Folder 46

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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Virginia King & Queen County Sep^r 14^th 1771

M^r John Norton

Sir

We have shipt in your
Virginia Cap^t Robertson 1 Hh^d Tob^a. TSB. N^o 13 -
hopes it will get safe to hand and doubts not but you
will dispose of it to the best Advantage -

Of this date we have Called on you in favour of M^r John
Brown Merch^ts. in Glasgow for Eight pounds which
we hope will meet with honour, should the neat proceeds
of the sale Am^t. to more you will Also pay it to him
We doubt not but Tob^a will give a good price w^t you
as this years Crop is one of the shortest that has been
Made for a long time We are Sir

Your most hum^l Serv^ts
Boyd & Brown

Address leaf

To
M^r John Norton
Merch^t in
London

Virg^a. 14^th Sep^r 1771
Boyd & Brown
Rec'd the 17^th Dec^r Ans^d the March
P Goosley