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Finding aid created by Special Collections Staff, 2011 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the John C. Jones Letter, 1796-1796 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2006.51

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center John C. Jones Letter 1796 01/Mss. Acc. 2006.51 0.01 The papers are in: English Contemporary copy of a letter, January 18, 1796, of John C. Jones of Boston, Massachusetts to Moses Myers of Norfolk, Virginia, concerning the ship Newport. Jones asks that tobacco be consigned to Messrs Fermin, Deporter & Co., London.  Also concerns M. M. Hays and expresses his confidence in ship's Captain, William Robinson. Jones, John C. arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

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The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 07/19/2006.

 Biographical Note

Presumably a merchant of Boston, MA. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/John C. Jones">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/John C. Jones</a>.

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Contemporary copy of a letter, January 18, 1796, of John C. Jones of Boston, Massachusetts to Moses Myers of Norfolk, Virginia, concerning the ship Newport. Jones asks that tobacco be consigned to Messrs Fermin, Deporter & Co., London.  Also concerns M. M. Hays and expresses his confidence in ship's Captain, William Robinson.

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Corporate Name: Newport (Ship) Genre/Form of Material: Correspondence Personal Name: Myers, Moses Topical Term: Shipping--History--18th century. Tobacco industry.