George Carrington letter to John Norton & Son, 1773 August 3

Title

George Carrington letter to John Norton & Son, 1773 August 3

Date

Description

George Carrington, Williamsburg, Virginia, letter to John Norton and Son, merchants of London, England, dated August 8, 1773. Carrington writes that he and Miles Selden, have sent the Nortons 18 hogsheads of tobacco, the property of the estate of Phillip Mayo. Carrington also notes that as they are in want of cash they have drawn on Norton for a sum of £123.1.6 payable to James Lyle.

Identifier

MS1936.3.978
Folder 89

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

[Recto]

Williamsburg August. 3. 1773

Gentlemen

You have Eighteen hogsheads of Tobacco ship'd to you
belonging to the Estate of Philip Mayo deceased, it is
shiped in the Name of my self & Miles Selden, Esquire
of that Estate & directed to be insured as £9.. a hhd,
we are now in want of cash, therefore have drawn
on you for £123..1.6 payable to Mr. James Lyle on sixty
days sight, which Please to pay & charge to that Estate
am

your Most Obedeint
George Carrington

[Verso]

To
Messrs. John Norton & son
Merchants in
London

per the County
Captain

DOVER
SHIP LRE

Virginia 3 August: 1773
George Carrington
Received October November:

Copy Executed

Citation

Carrington, George, “George Carrington letter to John Norton & Son, 1773 August 3,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/978.