For Mrs. Scott
Enc. [1773, June 12] James Minzies
12 pair cotton stockings at 6 or 7 / not the largest sieze for men |
1 blue pursien pitticot 1 do pink |
10 yds pink & white shot lutstring |
10 yds each white do & 10 do Garnet a blooming colour apron ruffles & hand.hr thine workd Muslien |
20 yds each of white, blue, & pink ribbon |
6 thine boarderd double hand.hr |
10 yds pretty thick muslen for ruffles & handhrs |
4 pair sattin shoe black 6 pair mites & 4 pair white gloves |
12 pair stuff shoes 6 of which bought at the wear-house & the other made of good shining stuff |
some cat gut some wires & 3 or 4 rements of flowrd gause |
1 pair earings sete like diamonds with one drop 2 or 3 pair comman earings 600 black hair pins |
12 pound rappec snuff no prefume 2 or 3 snufe boxes paper |
2 pair Stays I don't mind the fashion if they are made easy & full in the stomick |
as much white pink & garnet pursion as will go round the bottoms of my Gownes |
10 yds meninet Lace at 3 or 4 / as much joining as well & handkr |
The above is all I shall want for my self the
other side for his Lordship which may be put in
a seprate bill but I thought you wd be the properest
judge of the underneith commision & I sure you
& your Sister will do what you can to buy them
in the cheepest way for me. I for got to mention
6 net hoods & 2 minienet joining ones |
6 caps no other ribbons but pink white & blue |
for his Lordship
2 pound Sillk as many deffrent colours as posseble but the largest quantity dark blue |
4 thousand white chaple needles all diffrent siezes |
2 pound find thread all deffrent seizes |
2 pound 4d 2 do 3d |
4 pound defferent colourd do |
6 pound brown do |
some small rements of cambrick for ruffles |
6 pound pins 12 peace Tap defferent breaths |
half a dozn pen-kneves 6 pair scssiers 3 larg 3
small 3 or 4 chisiles for cuting botton-wholes |
12 dozn Shirt bottons 32 yd printed cotton cheap 18d 20d one pattern |
12 dozn weastcot do 3 gowns deffrent pattrons 2 / 6 |
6 bone combs we have a larg famely of children |
12 yds of the broadest cypres gause |
4 dozn Laces half & the or cotton for Stays |