- GLC#
- GLC02437.05278-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 30, 1791
- Author/Creator
- Parker, Daniel, 1782-1846
- Title
- [Certificate regarding stipend on board ship bound for China]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw. Parker identifies himself as one of the proprietors of a ship voyaging to China, and an agent authorized to speak on the other proprietors's behalf. Confirms the sum of money placed on board a ship bound for Canton, China, leaving from New York City, and transporting the High Empress of China under care of Samuel Shaw. Explains why the particular sum of money was placed aboard the ship.
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