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