Archibald de Govan letter to John Norton & Son, 1772 February

Title

Archibald de Govan letter to John Norton & Son, 1772 February

Date

Description

Archibald de Govan letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England. Govan writes to inform Norton & Son that he has shipped 2 hogsheads of tobacco and to request a number of articles from them including buckles, prints, hose and shoes.

Identifier

MS1936.3.630
Folder 56

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

Page 1

Ayletts Febr 1772

Gentlemen

Understanding the ship this goes by is ready to sail.
I have just time to say that I hope you will receive by the Neptune
2 hhds Tobo. of mine, which the Virginia cou'd not take in, and to desire
you will please send me by first oppty. the things undermention'd.
I shall send you some more Tobo. in the Summer & am very respectfully

Gent Your mo. hble Servt.
Archb. de Govan

4 pair White silk Hose. 2 of which wt clox
2 pair Clouded - Do --- wt. do.
8 pair Didsberrys Shoes ½ plain ½ dress 10⅜ Inches long of a midling width
1 doz neat printed Pocket Handkfs. some pink Ground about 3/.
40 doz Porter in casks of 8 doz each
2 pair of fashionable Silver Shoe buckles
1 doz of Prints colour'd, in frames & Glaz'd, not very large as they are for a low pitch'd
Roofn: to consist of Beaties wth some such as David & Bethsheba Joseph & his mistress &c, to cost about 5/ ps.

Page 3

To
Messrs John Norton & Son
Merchants in
London

Page 4

Virginia Febry 1772
Archd Govan
Recd: 25 May
Goods Entd: pa: 105 Ex'd
Ansd the
Pr White

Citation

Govan, Archibald de, “Archibald de Govan letter to John Norton & Son, 1772 February,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/630.