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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03652-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 2, 1787
- Author/Creator
- Barrell, Joseph, 1739-1804
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Thanks Knox for his good wishes "respecting the Enterprize I am engaged in for the Northwest Coaste of America & China..." Knox had recommended Samuel Shaw to assist Barrell's venture in China (see GLC02437.03644). Stamped "Boston" on the address leaf. "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature. See GLC02437.03637, .03638, and .03647 for related documents.
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