To be bought for G. Wythe

To be bought for G. Wythe

George Wythe's order for books and a robe sent with his letter of May 29, 1772, to John Norton, merchant of London, England.

MS193.6.3.662
Folder 59

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Ink on paper

Recto

To be bought for G. Wythe,

The works of Theophilus in greek
and latin, two volumes in quarto, pub-
lished at the Hague, in 1751, by Gul.
Otto Reitz,
Glanville,
Bracton,
Britton,
Fleta,
Lamb. eirenarcha,
Erasmus's adages,
Common prayer in greek.
A robe, such as is worn by the clerk
of the house of commons, but better
than the one I had before from Mr
Child, which indeed was scandalous.