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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04038 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 |
| Title | Thomas Randall to Henry Knox about shipping goods |
| Date | 30 November 1788 |
| Author | Randall, Thomas (d. 1811) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Commerce Merchants and Trade Asia Revolutionary War General Alcohol Diet and Nutrition Cotton Drugs Maritime Finance |
| People | Randall, Thomas (d. 1811) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) |
| Place written | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |