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Summary
Letter from Robert Carter to John Pemberton, March 25, 1724
Robert Carter writes to Liverpool merchant John Pemberton, March 25, 1724, to report the safe arrival of Captain Watkinson's vessel, the Vine,
carrying goods Carter had ordered. He is pleased with the accounts Pemberton has sent, and urges him to continue the work to obtain the repeal of the act prohibiting the importation of stemmed tobacco. He intends to send some leaf tobacco to Liverpool if he can get freight.
Letter from Robert Carter to John Pemberton,
March 25, 1724
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Mr. Jno. Pemberton
per the Bayley Rappahannock, [Lancaster County, Virginia]
Mar. 25. 1724 --
This is only a Short line by a Londo. Ship just ready
to Sail to Advise You of the Arrival of the Vine Capt. Watkinson my goods
are landed this Morning have not yet Seen the inside of them, Yor. Accots.
&c are to my Entire Sattisfaction, its admireable Stripd leaf Should
not advance with You Surely a little patience will bring the Smoakers to
a better mind, I heartily wish You may be Successful in getting [the Act]
prohibitting Stemd Tobo. repeald, it is a cruel one to me having al[ways]
Stemd my Crops these thirty Years & more, I intend to try Your Mar:[ket]
with a
little more leaf Tobo. of our Common Sort if I can g[et]
freit, The follow
ing Clause is writ in a former Letter Which I duplicate here for
fear of Miscarriage, The rest is heartily to Wish Yor. Welfare & to
Subscribe -- --
Sir
Yor. very humble Servt.
NOTES
Source copy consulted:
Robert Carter Letter Book, 1723 July 4-1724 June 11, Carter Family Papers, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond.
Robert Carter generally used a return address of "Rappahannock" for the river on which he lived rather than "Corotoman," the name of his home, on his correspondence, especially to merchants abroad. The county and colony have been added for clarity to the heading on the draft.
[1] Parliament had passed an act forbidding the importation of stemmed tobacco in 1722. John Randolph would be sent to England in 1729 as agent for Virginia to try to have the act overturned; his mission would be successful. ( Arthur Pierce Middleton. Tobacco Coast: A Maritime History of the Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era.
[Newport News, VA: Mariners' Museum, 1953], 116.
)
This text, originally posted in 2002, was revised March 7, 2011, to add a footnote, and to strengthen the modern language version text.