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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04241 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0089] May-June 1789 |
| Title | Thomas Randall from Bombay to Henry Knox about his travels |
| Date | 14 June 1789 |
| Author | Randall, Thomas (d. 1811) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written from Bombay, present-day Mumbai, India. Declares that he will be on his way to America before Knox reads this letter. Mentions he had arrived in Bombay ten days earlier, after an excruciating five-month-long journey from Batavia. After this he will sail for China. Mentions that his friend Mr. [Samuel] Shaw has long since arrived in America and will have told Knox about how Randall is doing. Describes a crewmember he had to suspend because his "pride and ignorance has rendered him so intolerable, as to make him quarrell [sic] with every officer on board." As he is uncertain whether this letter will successfully arrive to Knox, he is not planning to write to all of his friends and acquaintances. In lieu of that, he asks Knox to mention to Colonel [likely Richard] Platt and Colonel [likely William] Duer that he has been unable to sell their land, and also sends his regards to Mrs. Knox and to the family of Mr. [Isaac] Sears. |
| Subjects | Commerce Merchants and Trade Asia India Revolutionary War General Travel Maritime Finance Land Transaction Overseas Trade |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Randall, Thomas (d. 1811) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Platt, Richard (1755-1830) Duer, William (1747-1799) Sears, Isaac (1730-1786) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) |
| Place written | Mumbai, India |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |