Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, 1772 August 5

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, 1772 August 5

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton, merchant of London, England. Nicholas writes to enclose bills of lading for himself and the Speaker of the House of Burgesses, Peyton Randolph.

MS1936.3.757
Folder 68

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

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

Ink on paper

Recto

York 5^th. 1772

D^r. Sir.

Inclose you the Speaker's Bills of Loading [torn, illegible]
my own & am

Y^r. aff^te. hble Srv^t.
Ro. C. Nicholas

Verso

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

p Cap^t. Goosley
Q.D.C.

Virginia Aug^t. 5^th. 1772
Rob^t. Carter Nicholas
Reced 21^st. Sept^r.

Ex^d.
Ans^d 31. Oct.
P Goosley