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Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04427 Author/Creator: Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832 Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 December 1789 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 19.6 cm, Width: 16.2 cm Order a Copy

Mentions that on his return from China, he saw Captain Thomas Randall. Randall had protested against John Searle & Co., a merchant in Madeira, who shipped bad wine on the ship "Jay." Notes that the owners of the Washington Indiaman also have a case pending against the House of Searle & Co. Asks for a copy of Randall's protest, which Randall previously sent to Knox, for use as evidence in the case against Searle.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832
Randall, Thomas, ?-1811

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