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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03434.69 |
| From Archive Folder | Middlesex County Virginia documents |
| Title | Promissory note for five thousand pounds from Augustine Williamson to William Johnson |
| Date | 24 January 1691 |
| Author | Williamson, Augustine (fl. 1691) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Augustine Williamson promissory note owing "five thousand pounds of good sound Merchantable sweet sented Tobacco and Caffe" to William Johnson. Docket states that Johnson now owes four thousand pounds to John Somoes. Signed by John Vivion, John Williamson, William Vallicot, and by Augustine Williamson with his mark. Also signed by Edwin Thacker as Middlesex County Court Recorder, and affixed with a seal. The docket, dated 23 October 1695 and 2 December 1696, is signed by James Williamson, Edwin Thacker, and Robert Williamson with his mark. |
| Subjects | Finance Debt Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Tobacco and Smoking Diet and Nutrition |
| People | Vivion, John (fl. 1691) Williamson, John (fl. 1691) Vallicot, William (fl. 1691) Williamson, Augustine (fl. 1691) Thacker, Edwin (fl. 1691-1696) Williamson, James (fl. 1695) Williamson, Robert (fl. 1695) |
| Place written | Middlesex County, Virginia |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |