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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03587 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0080] April-June 1787 |
| Title | Eleazer Oswald to Henry Knox about Shaw's dispute in Canton |
| Date | 23 June 1787 |
| Author | Oswald, Eleazer (1755-1795) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Asks to see a copy of a letter Samuel Shaw sent Knox regarding his dispute with a Captain John Green in Canton (now Guangzhou, China) since "[o]ther Americans, as well as Major Shaw, I find have been involved in disagreeable controversies with Capt. Green ... " Other people's accounts "render Capt Green quite odious and contemptible - but his Employers have prevailed on him to suppress them, at least for the present." States that he would like the letter to help his friend, Captain Thomas Truxtun, to "satisfy his Owners, that he was not the Aggressor in Canton." |
| Subjects | Commerce Merchants and Trade Asia Global History and Civics Corruption and Scandal Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Law |
| People | Oswald, Eleazer (1755-1795) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Green, John (1736-1796) Truxtun, Thomas (1755-1822) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Law; Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Oswald was the editor to the Independent Gazetteer, or the Chronicle of Freedom, an Anti-Federalist newspaper based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Independent Gazetteer started off with a conservative stance, seemingly supporting the ratification of the Constitution in place of the Articles of Confederation, but later became the leading Anti-Federalist newspaper publication. At the same time Oswald also conducted in New York The Independent Gazetteer, or New York Journal, from 1782-1787. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Samuel Shaw to John Green on their China dispute Samuel Shaw to Henry Knox and Samuel Ogden on his China travels Henry Knox to Eleazer Oswald about Shaw's Canton troubles |