Young Mourland letter to John Norton & Sons, 1773 August 18

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Title

Young Mourland letter to John Norton & Sons, 1773 August 18

Date

Description

Young Mourland, York County, Virginia, letter to John Norton & Sons, merchants of London, England, dated August 18. 1773. Mourland writes concerning tobacco shipped by Captain Howard Esten.

Identifier

MS1936.3.994
Folder 90

Source

John Norton and Sons Papers, MS 1936.3

Publisher

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

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

[Recto]

Virginia York County August. 18th. 1773

Gentlmen

This Serves to Cover your Captain Esten's Bill of
Lading for 2 Hogsheads Shiped you by Him which
I wish safe to hand and to a good Market and
am.

Gentlmen.
Your Humble Servant
Young Mourland

[Verso]

For
Messrs. John Norton & Son
Merchants in
London

per Captain Esten

Virginia the 18th Augusst 177[3]
Young Mourland
Received the 28th. September

Executed

Answered the   March
per Robertson

Citation

Mourland, Young, “Young Mourland letter to John Norton & Sons, 1773 August 18,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/994.