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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04512-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 14, 1790
- Author/Creator
- Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 30.1 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Asks for Knox's advice in dealing with his situation with a Mr. Holker and Mr. Parker, most likely Daniel Parker, the captain of the ship Shaw took to Guangzhou, China. Writes "I desire to be governed entirely by you ... " and that "Mr. Parker and his agent, which has occasioned such trouble an inconvenience to my friends, that I can no longer for observing any measurs [sic] with him, but what the most rigid justice demands; and I shall be perfectly satisfied with any mode you shall be please to adopt for prosecuting the business."
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