A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 57.1
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
Robert Carter Letterbooks, Manuscript MS 57.1, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
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Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1989.
Alternative Form
Microfilm (M-114) and transcript (TR/07) copies
available.
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.
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.