The Chinese Repository, Volume 8Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams proprietors, 1840 |
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... observations ; after these the narrative , with which our last volume closed , shall be resumed . We must also defer , to the proper place in order of time , the particulars of a recent visit to Chuenpe , where we witnessed the process ...
... observations ; after these the narrative , with which our last volume closed , shall be resumed . We must also defer , to the proper place in order of time , the particulars of a recent visit to Chuenpe , where we witnessed the process ...
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... observe these things . Taoukwang , 19th year , 2d month , sent to the sovereign of the English nation . day . Communication ART . III . Crisis in the opium traffic ; continuation of the narrative , with official papers , & c ...
... observe these things . Taoukwang , 19th year , 2d month , sent to the sovereign of the English nation . day . Communication ART . III . Crisis in the opium traffic ; continuation of the narrative , with official papers , & c ...
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... observe , however , that it is his purpose to remain in Canton till his public obligations to this government are fulfilled , and he will afford the best information in his power of the probable period of his departure from time to time ...
... observe , however , that it is his purpose to remain in Canton till his public obligations to this government are fulfilled , and he will afford the best information in his power of the probable period of his departure from time to time ...
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... observed by all foreigners leaving Canton in these boats , viz . an officer will be deputed to examine them before they will be permitted to start ; and on arrival at the several forts and custom - house stations they must also report ...
... observed by all foreigners leaving Canton in these boats , viz . an officer will be deputed to examine them before they will be permitted to start ; and on arrival at the several forts and custom - house stations they must also report ...
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... observed that persons remaining are understood by the go- vernment to assent to the reasonableness of the law . ( Signed ) CHARLES ELLIOT , Chief superintendent of the trade , & c . It should have been remarked before , that the ...
... observed that persons remaining are understood by the go- vernment to assent to the reasonableness of the law . ( Signed ) CHARLES ELLIOT , Chief superintendent of the trade , & c . It should have been remarked before , that the ...
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