Prosser & Trents letter to Messrs. John Norton & Son, 1772 May 15

Prosser & Trents letter to Messrs. John Norton & Son, 1772 May 15

Prosser & Trents letter to John Norton, merchant of London, England concerning the shipment of tobacco and their draft on Norton payable to James Maury.

MS1936.3.655
Folder 58

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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Virginia Henrico County May the 15^th. 1772

Mess^rs. John Norton & son

Sir's

By the Unity Cap^t. Gooseley
we have shipt you 30 hhds Tob^o. which please to make
insurance on at £10 p hhd - we have drawn on
you in favour of M^r. James Maury fo £200-
at Ninety day sSight - by Advice of M^r. John H. N.
which please to Honour

We are
Sirs,
you Hble Serv^ts.
Prosser & Trents

Address leaf

To
Mess^rs. John Norton & Son
Merchants in
London

p the Watt
Cap^t: Atkinson

Virginia 15^th May 1772
Prosser & Trents
Rec^d: 25 May
Ans^d: the
p How^d: Esten