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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04460-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 January 1790
- Author/Creator
- Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 16.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Asks Knox to deliver a forwarded letter to George Washington in respects to him renewing his present position, Consul to China. Also asks about extending his duties further eastward. Writes that he is feeling much better "though still a little tender," from his late illness (see GLC02437.04453 for more details on Shaw's illness).
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