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

Henry Parry bill of exchange payable to Charles Nielson, 1775 June 20

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Henry Parry bill of exchange payable to Charles Nielson, 1775 June 20

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1 item ([2] pages) ; 13 cm 21.8 cm

Description

Henry Parry's bill of exchange drawn on Messrs Tenant Cust & Co., merchants of London, payable to Charles Nielson. The bill has been endorsed by Nielson in favor of Richard Corbin.

Printed document completed in manuscript.

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[Recto]

5 VIRGINIA, The 20 June 1775 Exchange for £.62.4.6

AT Thirty Days Sight of this my Third Bill of
Exchange, my First and Second (of the same Tenor and Date)
not paid, pay to Charles Neilson Esquire.
or Order, the Sum of Sixty two pounds four Shillings & six pence
Sterling (for Impost & Post Charges of the Ship Molly
Current Money, here received;) at Time make Payment, and place it
to Account of Messrs. Clay Holding & Parry Merchants. Liverpool
Henry Parry

To Messr. Tenant Cust & Co
Merchants. London

[Verso]

Charles. Neilson

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

Original Format

Ink on paper.

Citation

Parry, Henry, “Henry Parry bill of exchange payable to Charles Nielson, 1775 June 20,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed May 14, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/3228.
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