Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1773 July 20

Robert Carter Nicholas letter to John Norton & Son, 1773 July 20

Robert Carter Nicholas, Virginia, letter to John Norton & Son, merchants of London, England, dated July 20, 1773. Nicholas writes to request insure for his tobacco and that of Mary Ambler and the estate of Edward Ambler.

MS1936.3.957
Folder 87

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

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

Ink on paper

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I have already desired the favour of you
to insure my own & Friend's Tobacco, which I am
concern'd in shiping, & have only, at present,
to repeat the Request. The Quantities &c. are no:
ted below. I am, Dear Sirs, with usual & best
wishes for you & your's

36 Hogsheads Account of self on Board Virginia Esten
28 - Edward Ambler's Estate - ditto -
12 of my own on the Lightfoot Dunsley Jame's River
9 - Edward Ambler's Estate - ditto - ditto -
8 Mrs. Mary Ambler - ditto - ditto -

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To
Messieurs John Norton & Son
Merchants in
London

per favour of
Captain Outram
Q.D.C

DOVER
SHIP LRE

Virginia 20th July 1773
Robert Carter Nicholas
Received 4 September

Answered the   Executed
per Esten