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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03644
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0081] July-September 1787 
Title Henry Knox to Joseph Barrell about Barrell's voyage to China
Date 23 August 1787
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Narrell, Henry  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description 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.
Subjects Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Revolutionary War General  Finance  Global History and Civics  Asia  Maritime  Travel  Letter of Introduction or Recommendation  Frontiers and Exploration  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Barrell, Joseph (1739-1804)  Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)  Randall, Thomas (d. 1811)  
Theme Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information 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.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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