Charles Smith letter to John Norton & Son, 1768 March 3

Charles Smith letter to John Norton & Son, 1768 March 3

Charles Smith letter to John Norton, merchant in London. Smith's letter concerns the tobacco he consigned to Norton and includes his request to have a gun made by Stanton.

MS 1936.3.71
Folder 7

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

Ink on paper

Recto

Virginia March 3^d. 1768

Mess^rs John Norton & Son.

Gent.

Inclosed is Bill Lading for
the Tob^o. I consign'd you by the Good Intent
and directions for M^r. Stanton to make
a Gun by, w^ch. shall be obliged to you to
apply to him for and to send by the
first opportunity. I am

Gen^t. Your Affec^t. hble Ser^t
Charles Smith

Verso

To Mess^rs. John Norton & Son
Merch^ts in
London
p the

Virg^a. 3 March 1768
Cha^s. Smith
Rec'd y^e : 30^th May
Goods Ent^d pa : 447
Ans^d y^e June 1768.
p Young
wrote to him again
the March 1769.
p Briliant