Edward Hack Moseley letter to John Norton, 1772 October 27

Title

Edward Hack Moseley letter to John Norton, 1772 October 27

Date

Description

Edward Hack Moseley letter to John Norton, merchant of London, England, requesting Norton forward the enclosed letter to the Earl of Hillsborough.

Identifier

MS1936.3.848
Folder 77

Source

John Norton & Sons papers, MS1936.3

Publisher

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

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

Recto

Dear Sir

Your goodness I hope will Excuse me in being
so Troublesome I wrote you some days past
to which I refer   I shall Esteem it a great
favour that you will please to contrive
by a safe hand this letter I now inclose
you for the Earl of Hillsborough it may
probably be some advantage to me who am
with my best wishes to you & family Dr Sir

Your most Humble Serv
Edwd Hack Moseley

Virginia -
Octobr. ye 27th: 1772 -

Verso

To
John Norton Esqr
Mercht. in
London

Virga. 27th Octo. 1772

Edwd. Hack Moseley
Recd the 5th Decr. Exd.

Ansd the   1773
p H Esten

Citation

Moseley, Edward Hack, “Edward Hack Moseley letter to John Norton, 1772 October 27,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/848.