Robert Carter Letterbooks, 1761-1769.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Robert Carter, 1728-1804.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Letterbooks of Robert Carter III (1728-1804) of Nomini Hall, Williamsburg, Va. and Baltimore, Md., containing copies of letters to merchants in London, Glasgow, Leghorn, Madeira, New York City, and Philadelphia, ordering a great variety of goods for his family, slaves, and plantations, and transacting other financial business. Also, letters regarding the estates of Lt. Gov. Francis Fauquier (1703-1768) and Benjamin Tasker of Maryland, Carter's father-in-law; and letters on various subjects to relatives, overseers, and others.

Prominent recipients of the letters include Sir Jeffery Amherst, Samuel Athawes, Cary & Co., Col. Charles Carter, Landon Carter, Daniel Dulany, Capel and Osgood Hanbury, Pringle, Cheap & Co., Edward Ransdell, and John Ridout.

Biographical / historical:

Resident of Nomini Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland. Carter was made a member of the Governor's Council in 1764. He was married to Frances Anne Tasker, youngest daughter of Benjamin Tasker of Maryland.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1989.
Physical description:
3 items (42; 132; 48 p.)