John Perks & Company letter to John Hatley Norton, 1772 April 3

John Perks & Company letter to John Hatley Norton, 1772 April 3

John Perks & Company, merchants of Bristol, England, letter to John Hatley Norton, merchant of Yorktown, Virginia concerning the sale and shipment of tobacco.

MS1936.3.637
Folder 57

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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Bristol 3^d April 1772

M^r. Jn^o Atley Nor[ton]

Sir

Inclosed is Sales of
4 Hhds Tobacco Rec^d P the Sarah Cap^t
Ja^s Drew [?] to your Credit £27..13..1^d
these Tobacco's had they not been of such
indifferent Quality; would have enabled
us to have sent you more agreeable Sales
we hope it may be convenient to you to
ship us a few Hhds by return of the
Sarah. when if of good Quality we will do
our utmost to dispose of them to your
satisfaction - we shall as you direct
remit the NP of thses 4 Hhds Tob^o. deducting
£..18..11^d Insurance you order'd on them to
M^r. Jn^o. Norton for your Acco^t.
being Respectfully     Sir

your most hble Serv^t
Jn^o. Perks & C^o.

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Bristol 3^d. Apr: 72
John Perks.
Rec^d. June 1772.

Inclos^g. Sale of 4 Hhds
Tob^o. £27.13.1
Answ^d. July