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

George Dobbie bill of exchange payable to Charles Nielson, 1775 June 12

Item

Dublin Core

Title

George Dobbie bill of exchange payable to Charles Nielson, 1775 June 12

Date

Extent

1 item ([2] pages) ; 9.8 x 25.5 cm

Description

George Dobbie's bill of exchange drawn on John Hyndman in favor of Charles Nielson. The bill has been endorsed by Nielson in favor of Richard Corbin.

Printed form completed in manuscript.

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Text

[Recto]

3 VIRGINIA, 12 June 1775. 176 Exchange for £.56..17..0

AT Thirty Days Sight of this my Third Bill of
Date) not paid, pay to Charles Neilson Esquire.
or Order, the Sum of Fifty six pounds seventeen Shillings
Sterling (for Impost & Post Charges of your Ship Susanna
Current Money, here received) at Time make Payment, and place it to
Account of
said Ship.

George Dobbie

To John Hyndman Esquire & Co.
Merchants. London

[Verso]

Charles. Neilson

Pay the Contents to Messrs. Hanburys
& Lloyd for my Use
Richard Corbin

Original Format

Ink on paper

Citation

Dobbie, George , “George Dobbie bill of exchange payable to Charles Nielson, 1775 June 12,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed May 13, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/3226.
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