Invoice of goods to be sent with all the speed possible to Mrs. Catherine Rathell in Williamsburg Virginia by Mr. Norton

Title

Invoice of goods to be sent with all the speed possible to Mrs. Catherine Rathell in Williamsburg Virginia by Mr. Norton

Date

Description

An invoice for goods sent by Williamsburg, Virginia milliner, Catherine Rathell, to John Norton, merchant of London, England.

Identifier

MS1936.3.574
Folder 51

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

Recto

Invoice of Goods to be sent With all the speed Possible to
Mrs: Catherine Rathell in Williamsburg Virginia by Mr. Norton

8 pair of very Neat Paste Shoe Buckles from 30/ to 50/ a pair
12 pair of Neat high Thread Paste Knee Do 134 Inch Long at 10 or 11/ a pr.
12 pr. of handsome New fashion Gilt Shoe Do With knee to Match but not very small
18 pair of Plaited Carved Shoe Buckles, I bought them in London last July for 2/ a pr.
1 piece or 25 yards of Irish Stout yard Wide Lined at 14d or 15 a yard
3 pair of Plaited Soap Ladles
4 pair of Silver Sauce Spoons With round Bowls & Crooket handles like the Ladles
3 Good Second hand Silver Watches Cuped from 50/ to 3£
3 Neat Do _ Do Pinch Back With plain Green & Blue fish Skin Cover Cases
[crossed out, illegible]
1 Gross of Bone or Ivory Bodkings
3 Dozn. of Silver - Do.
2 pair of handsome Plaited Do. Candlesticks from 4 to 5 pounds
2 pair of flat Plaited Do. with Snuffers and Extinguishers
24 Very Neat Moroc Pocket Books Pocket Books, Some With Silver Edges &
Pockets at Each End, one End with a Lock & Keys and some Stitched with
Silver Wire from 15/ to a Guinea, the Must be very handsome & have good Instruments
24 Smaller Do from from 4/6 to 10/ With Instruments
12 Asses Sking Memerdm. Books in Gilt Leather Cases 7amp; Ribon to pull out
18 of the Best London Razors with Crocket Backs
12 London Do Streight Backs
[torn, illegible]

Verso

6 yards of Bright Pink half Ell Peeling Sattin at 3/6 p yard
6 yards of handsome Blue Do - Do at Do
36 yares of White flanell, the thickest & Best that can be got for 13 or 14d p yd.
N:B it must be very White as its for Gentlemens Jackets
1 Gross of Blue Silk Jacket Buttons at 2/6 p Gross the Colour to Match the Peelg
1 Gross of Pink Silk Buttons to Match ye Pink Sattin at Do-
1 Dozn. of Best and Neatest Buck or Doe Sking Gloves Added to 2 Dozn. I Sent
to you for by Mr. Norton
2 Dozn. of Best Sham Beaver Gloves, if the are very good to Send 3 Dzn.
3 Dozn. of the Neatest New fashion Gent.mens Sleeve Buttons

Williamsburg 29 Decr 1771

12 Handsome Necklaces of Diferent sorts & Colours some Set in Silver and
Some with Earrings from 10 to 20/ a ps, 3 Garnet Sprigs from 9 to 12/ a ps.

1 oz of Gold flat
                             }Correll
1 oz of Silver Do
1 oz of Bright Blue Silk twist                              }all to Make Play Purses
1 oz of handsom Pink Do
1 oz of Green Do-

1 Soft flesh Brush

Citation

Rathell, Catherine, -1775, “Invoice of goods to be sent with all the speed possible to Mrs. Catherine Rathell in Williamsburg Virginia by Mr. Norton,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed May 2, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/574.