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Excerpt from History of Jones County, Iowa, Vol. 2 of 2: Past and Present
Given under my hand and seal at West Point, upon the Hudson river, this fifth day of January, 1784. Signed, H. Knox, M. General.
Following the close of the war and organization of the republic, Capt. Samuel Shaw was the first to receive the appointment of consul of the United States at Canton from the American congress in 1786, an appointment which President Washington renewed in 1790. Captain Shaw resided in that city for several years and for a considerable period was actively engaged in the commerce on the China and Indian seas. He made trade relations between this country, China and India a special object of study and furnished much valuable information upon the subject. His death occurred in 1794.
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