LS signed “Rob't Morris,” one page, 7.5 x 9, February 14, 1784. Letter to Captain John Green, in part: "I thank you…for the information…which I shall make my own use of without mentioning your name, except so far as regards the Ships Provisions for your Voyage, for in this respect I shall mention that by an Expression in one of your Letters you seem doubtfull that the Quantity on board may not be sufficient. I am extremely sorry for your long Detention, but as you have tarried so long, do not from Impatience move untill all Danger from Ice vanishes." In fine condition, with small splits along intersecting folds. Green was the captain of the Empress of China, initially built as a privateer in 1783 but converted to a merchant ship after the Treaty of Paris brought an end to the Revolutionary War. Robert Morris was one of the vessel's owners as part of a syndicate. The ship would leave New York harbor on February 22, and it became the first American merchant vessel to enter Chinese waters. Green and the Empress of China returned to New York a year later, and the success of the voyage encouraged future trade missions to China.
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