Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1772 August 1

Title

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1772 August 1

Date

Description

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England. Nicholas writes to request insurance on the tobacco he purchased for shipment to London.

Identifier

MS1936.3.754
Folder 68

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

Williamsburg 1st. Augst. 1772

Dr. Sirs.

This is intended to desire the
favour of you to insure twenty Hogsheads
more of Tobo, which I have just purchased
to fill up Capn. Gooseley's Ship.

Yrs affectionately
Ro. C. Nicholas

Address leaf

To
Messrs. John Norton & Son
Merchts. in
London

p Capn

Virga: 1 August 1772
Ro. Carter Nicholas
Recd: 7 September

Answd 31 Oct Ex'd
P Goosley

Citation

Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1728-1780, “Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1772 August 1,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/754.