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Parkman, Samuel, 1752-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03917 Author/Creator: Parkman, Samuel, 1752-1824 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter Date: 29 June 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 30.2 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Signature is clipped. Creator indicated in docket. Discusses the arrival of the brig Columbia from Canton (present-day Guangzhou, China). On board the ship, there is property from [Samuel] Shaw "to be Improved in Building a Ship..." The ship is to be built under the direction of Mr. Peck. Awaits letters from Samuel Ogden before he shall proceed with business regarding the ship's supercargo, Eli Hayden. Encloses Shaw's draft on Ogden, writing "I am under the Necessity of giving this Trouble, as so large a Bill will not readily sell."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Parkman, Samuel, 1752-1824
Parkman, Sarah Shaw, 1752-1784
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810

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