Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Joseph Barrell
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03644 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 23 August 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.3 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
Hopes Barrell has a successful voyage to China. Asks Barrell to consign his vessel or vessels in Canton (Guangzhou) to Messrs [Samuel] Shaw and [Thomas] Randall. Writes, "one or the other of those adventurous Americans will be there - and more honestt and punctuality cannot be found in any two mortals..." See GLC02437.03652 for Barrell's reply. See GLC02437.03637, .03638, and.03647 for related documents.
Barrell, a Boston merchant, was one of the financier's of the expeditions of the Columbia Rediviva and Lady Washington to the Northwest Pacific and China in the late 1780s.
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