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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04519 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0094] January-March 1790 |
| Title | Samuel Shaw to Daniel Parker about financial problems relating to the Empress of China voyage |
| Date | 27 February 1790 |
| Author | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Recipient | Parker, Daniel |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses an incident with Parker where the owners of the ship that Shaw took to China refused to pay him his "consideration for transacting her business, upwards of three thousand dollars, but that they also instituted an account against us for 2300 dollars, appropriated by you from their funds committed to us - " Writes that "On this amount 3184 dollars, they charged a cent damages, making the whole six thousand (6368) three hundred sixty eight dollars, and instead of paying us our balance, passed it to the credit of this account, and sued us at law for the remainder." |
| Subjects | Commerce Merchants and Trade Asia Revolutionary War General Maritime Finance Debt Law |
| People | Parker, Daniel (fl. 1781-1791) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce; Law; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |