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Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04038 Author/Creator: Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 Place Written: Jakarta, Indonesia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Captain Randall writes from Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia). Discusses the shipment of wine, sugar, and cotton. Sent ginseng to China via two East India Company ships, enabling Samuel Shaw, who is in China, "to fulfil his engagements & have funds in reserve." Sends his regards to Lucy Knox.

Randall, Thomas, ?-1811
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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