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Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 to Thomas Randall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04536 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 March 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.4 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Instructs Randall not to deliver to Messrs Pintard, or any other person for them, the bills of lading for his cargo, to let any of the property out of Randall's hands, or make any other stipulation until he speaks to their friends, Henry Knox and Messrs [Nicholas] Hoffman and [Son].

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

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