Papers of Robert Nicholson

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • 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.