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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04076 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Guangzhou, China Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 January 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23.8 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Contemporary copy of GLC02437.04075.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Randall, Thomas, ?-1811

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