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Title Shaw Family Correspondence
Reference Ms. N-49.47
Library Massachusetts Historical Society
Collection Samuel Shaw Papers, 1775-1887
Date 1840; 1887
Description Letters about the publication of Samuel Shaw's journal, and bequests of family portraits.
Document Type Correspondence, Manuscript
Theme(s) Social Life
Keywords death, will, property, portrait, journal, publication, family
Countries USA
Additional Information

Samuel Shaw (1754-1794) was a Revolutionary War soldier, US Consul to Canton in China, and partner in the merchant firm of Shaw & Randall in Canton. He sailed as supercargo in 1784 aboard the ship Empress of China, the first American-flagged ship at Canton.

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