Papers of Robert Nicholson

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 Eng MS 1048
  • Dates of Creation
      1748-1769
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      320 x 202 mm. 1 volume (i + 39 + i folios); Binding: marbled card covers.

Scope and Content

Notebook containing copies of private and business letters and papers (1748-1769) of Robert Nicholson (d. 1779) of Liverpool, merchant. Entitled on the front cover: Private Adventures to Jamaica &c. 1748 Nov'br. Among the accounts and correspondence are several relating to shipments to Jamaica (1748) and Gibraltar (1749). Three leaves have been torn out. For Robert Nicholson, see Axon, 1928, op. cit., pp. 49-57.