Invoice of goods to be sent with all the dispatch possible to Cathr. Rathell in Williamsburg Virginia, January 31 1772

Title

Invoice of goods to be sent with all the dispatch possible to Cathr. Rathell in Williamsburg Virginia, January 31 1772

Date

Description

Invoice of goods sent by Williamsburg milliner, Catherine Rathell, with her letter of January 31, 1772 to London merchant, John Norton.

Identifier

MS1936.3.585
Folder 52

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 dispatch posible
to Cathn Rathell in Williamsburg Virginia
January the 31 1772

6 Dozn. of Either Didsburys or Carpues best & Neatest
Shoes, half of them very stout Wax Leather, the other
Dress, stiched heels &c & Long hind Quarters, from ye largest to the smalest size
6 Dozn of Neat & stron Do at 4/6 or 5/
6 Dozn of Girls black & Red Leather & Callimco shoes
Some with Cork heels, to fit from the age of one
year old to 12, I have on hands a Quantity of the
first Shoes, dont want any of them

                      All the above I wrote for by post the 17th. Inst.

8 pair of Tutenague Newest fashioned Salts & Glasses
8 pr. of Silver Salt Shovells for Do
9 Dozn. of yellow Gilt Leather Llisting for Doors.
9 Dozn. of White Silverd Do both from 4 to 6/ p Dozn.
Nails to Match both
2 Dozn of White Ribed Silk Hose, half with, & half without
Floward Clocks at 12/6 Diferent Sizes or 13/
3 Dozn. of handsome Dark Coulard Ribed & plain
Silk Do at 12/
4 Dozn. of Gentlemens Nicest White Kid Gloves diferent Size
2 Dozn. White Silk Do some very large
3 Dozn. Neat White Lamb Gloves Ladies Do at 12 or 13/ p Dozn.
2 Dozn. pair of Do Mitts Diferent Sizs at Do at Do
2 lb of India Cotton in Ounces for Working Muslin &c
16 Dozn. of White Neat floss Trimings at 6 & 7/6 p Dozn.
1 Dozn. of Ladies White Silk Gloves Large & Small
4 Dozn. of Purple Lamb Mitts Branched
2 Dozn Kid Do
3 Dozn Childrens fine Cotton Hose 6 Diferent Sizes to
fit from 4 to 10 years Old
1 Dozn. of Small Boys Gloves
1 Dozn of Small
2 pieces of very handsome Black & White Second Mourning
Ribbon
3 pieces of Black plain Edged Sattin Ribbon for tieing hair
18 Very Neat green Leather Ladies Pocket Books
Silver Locks & good Instruments, 12 of them with
Pockets at Each End
12 yards of Neat spriged gause undresed 4 yards of a Sort
3 Dozn. of Blond Lace for Do. from 1/6 to 2/6 p yard
6 Nice White Silver paperd Weding fans, pierced
Ivory Sticks
4 White Quitled Peeling Child Bed Baskets & Pin Cushions
Well & Safe Packed up or the Sattin will Mildue & spot
2 Cards of Childrens very Neat Small Locket Button
Set in Silver
12 Reading Glasses Set in Silver, & Cases for Do

Page 2

1 Dozn. Green handle Jubily Pocket Knives
& forks, both in a piece,
6 pound of Pigtail Tobacco in Small roles
its for gentlemens Chewing So must be the best
& wrapped up very Carefully separate papers
2 pair of tutenague Snuffers & Snuff Dishes
3 pair of Plaited Do
6 Cheese Cutters
12 pair of Nail Nippers
6 Powder Machines
1 piece of the best Black worsted peticoat
Binding Broad
6 Tambore floward with Silk Sword Knots
4 plaited Table Crosses
6 Neat Newest fashioned folling necklaces
4 Dozn. of Esance of Pearl from Bayley in Cockspur Street
2 Dozn. of Dentefrice from Do
4 Dozn of Tooth Brushes from Do 2 of Each Sort
200 of the very long Bonnet or Hat Pins ye are 6 Inches Long
1 li of Caraway Seeds
3 pr of Black &
3 pr of Second Mourning Buckles Very Neat Ovel
24 yards of fine Jacobs Lather
2 Cinder Shovells for my self at 1/ Each
2 pr. of fire Iron holdfasts for Do
1 Piece of Love Ribd for Stomachers & Sleeve knots to tie in Bows

All to be shipped & Sent to Mrs Rathell by
the very first opportunity without fail
if not this Invoice to be Sent to Coll
Mercer who will have them Sent, as a disapointment
Would totaly Ruin
Cathn Rathell

Citation

Rathell, Catherine, -1775, “Invoice of goods to be sent with all the dispatch possible to Cathr. Rathell in Williamsburg Virginia, January 31 1772,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 28, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/585.