Letterbook of Robert Anderson, 1698-1717.

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Letterbook of Robert Anderson, 1698-1717.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48693731

The letterbook contains copies of Anderson's letters to ship captains, English merchants, and consignors, particularly his partners Cuthbert Jones and Samuel Clarke of London, and Virginia planters, particularly John Page and Richard Lee. The book also contains letters regarding the estate settlement of John Page and letters, 1715-1717, by Anderson's executors regarding his estate settlement. Topics include the annual tobacco crop, prices, rates of exchange, shipping rates, competition between merchants of London and other cities for Virginia trade, store-keeping, and the duties of a Virginia factor. Personal letters include one, 1714, desiring Jones to find a schoolmaster for Anderson's children.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7597348

University of Virginia. Library

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Lee, Richard, 1646-1715,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x2nwz (person)

Page, John, d. 1713

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Clarke, Samuel, fl. 1698-1699,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q555nj (person)

Jones, Cuthbert, fl. 1698-1717,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk94w3 (person)

Anderson, Robert, 1652 (ca.)-1715.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66425rr (person)

Tobacco factor, storekeeper and planter of "Gold Mine" Plantation, New Kent (Hanover) County, Va. From the description of Letterbook of Robert Anderson [manuscript], 1698-1717. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647922613 From the description of Letterbook of Robert Anderson, 1698-1717. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48693731 ...