John Stubbs letter to John Norton, 1772 February 8

John Stubbs letter to John Norton, 1772 February 8

John Stubbs letter to John Norton, merchant of London, England. Stubbs writes concerning his longstanding debt with Norton which he would pay if he had not lost his money by providing security for the debts of several individuals. He hopes to be able to pay Norton once a land dispute he has with Lewis Burwell is settled in his favor.

MS1936.3.619
Folder 55

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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Gloucester County Virginia 8^th, Feb^y. 1772

Sir.

The long standing account to which I stand
indebted to you on being never paid yet, is
not owing to any dishonest, or fraudulent design,
but to my grief by being severals security
for which I was Oblige to become paymaster
& loose my money, this & other misfortunes
hath greatly Reduced my Circumstances &c
however Sir, if your goodness will not
disterss me for some short time more, I
have a prospect of paying you, that is I
have a piece of Land part of the low grounds
of Gloster which is in dispute between me
& Lewis Burwell Esq^r. which from the best
Advice they inform me I shall get it, it
being sometime in court, if you dispute
my Word in the above you may know by any
Gens. in Gloster to whom you are acquainted
your induglence in the above will greatly
Oblige your most Obe^t. humble Serv^t

John Stubbs Sen^r.

Address leaf

To
M^r John Norton
Merchant
London

To Care of M^r
Jn^o. H. Norton
York Town

Gloucester C^o. 8 Feb^y. 1772
John Stubbs. &
J. N^s. Letters Ab^t. Stubbs
Affairs
put this w^th Papers belong
to that estate