John Smith letter to John Norton, 1767 June 9

John Smith letter to John Norton, 1767 June 9

Letter of John Smith, baker and merchant of Norfolk, Virginia to John Norton, merchant of London, England. Smith writes to Norton concerning his desire to procure goods for his store. Smith desires to send tobacco in exchange for the goods. The letter is endorsed on the back "cant be Complyd with for want of Effects."

MS 1936.3.57
Folder 6

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Ink on paper

Page 1

Norfolk June 9^th 1767

D^r Sir

Since my last to You of January, I
have been considering of my undertaking
and my attempt of Sending to You for
the good that have wrote to You for and
find that it will Sute me very well if it
be agreeable to You to order them to Me and
if it will Sute You to take Tobacca for Your
remittance as I can buy them in the way
of Trade You may always depend on the
Tobacca at the Cheepest rates and at what
ever I Give for it and the Charges untill
it gets on board of Your Ship or the Ships that
it is to go in and a Commission for buy-
ing &C on the amount as that will Sute
Me better then remitting bills of Exchange
I shall be able to make Remittanceis regularly

I hope that it will be Your Pleasure in
this as it will be of infinatly Service to me
and am Shore that it will not be any dis=
advantage to You without it be my Ill Luck
to be deprivde the Selling of the goods for Tobac
=ca which that will not be the case in no part
of Virginia, and Shall be Quite agreeable to
pay You Interest as in my Last to You. Your
answer will Greatly Oblige D^r. Your Most Obedient
and most Humble Servent
John Smith

Address leaf

To
M^r. John Norton
Merch^t in
London
p favour of
Cap^t: Cook
Q.D.C.

Virg^a 9^th June 1767
Jn^o Smith Ju Norf^o
Rec^d. 22^d July 1767.

Accompany with Jn^o. [illegible]
for Goods &amp:c^a w^ch. cant be
Comply^d with for want
of Effects.
Answ^d y^e July 1767