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Wells Williams to William H. Seward, August 4, 1868
Mr. Williams to Mr. Seward No. 21.] Legation of the United States, Peking, August 4, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to submit for your consideration a correspondence with his…
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Wells Williams to His Imperial Highness Prince Kung , Chief, July 30, 1868
Mr. Williams to Prince Kung Legation of the United States, Peking, July 30, 1868. Sir: I have had the honor to receive your dispatch of the 15th instant, relating to…
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Prince Kung to S. Wells Williams , United States Chargé d’affaires ad interim, July 15, 1868
Prince Kung to Mr. Williams [Translation.] July 15, 1868, (Tungchi, 7th year, 5th moon, 26th day.) Prince Kung, chief secretary of state for foreign affairs, herewith makes a communication: It…
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Wells Williams to William H. S eward, August 3, 1868
Mr. Williams to Mr. Seward No. 20.] Legation of the United States, Peking, August 3, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to send you a correspondence with Prince Kung (inclosures…
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William H. Seward to S. Wells Williams , United States Chargé d’affaires, July 13, 1868
Mr. G. F. Seward to Mr. Williams United States Consulate General, Shanghai, July 13, 1868. Sir: I inclose the supreme court and consular Gazette’s report of the trial in the…
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Wells Williams to William H. Seward, August 1, 1868
Mr. Williams to Mr. Seward No. 19.] Legation of the United States, Peking, August 1, 1868. August 1, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to send, as relevant to the…
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Note from the Foreign Office., July 11, 1868.
Note from the Foreign Office. July 11, 1868. When we received the dispatch [of March 3] from your excellency, relating to the American schooner General Sherman, lost in Corea in…
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Prince Kung to S. Wells Williams , U. S. Chargé d’affaires ad interim, March 10, 1868
[Translation.] Prince Kung to Mr. Williams. March 10, 1868, (Tungchi, 7th year, 2d moon, 18th day.) Prince Kung, chief secretary of state for foreign affairs, herewith sends a reply: On…
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Wells Williams to His Imperial Highness Prince Kung, Chief, March 3, 1868
Mr. Williams to Prince Kung Legation of the United States, Peking, March 3, 1868. Sir: Referring to my note to the Foreign Office of October 28, 1866, respecting an American…
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Wells Williams to William H. Seward, July 31, 1868
Mr. Williams to Mr. Seward No. 18.] Legation of the United States, July 31, 1868. Sir: Referring to Mr. Burlingame’s despatch No. 124, of December 15, 1866, and others, relating…
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Daniel Cleveland to J. Ross Browne , United States, July 27, 1868
Mr. Cleveland to Mr. Brown San Francisco, July 27, 1868. Dear Sir: I have received your letter of the 21st instant, requesting information about the Chinese in California, and have…
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ROSS BROWNE, United States Minister to China to Daniel Cleveland, July 21, 1868
Mr. Browne to Mr. Cleveland San Francisco, July 21, 1868. Dear Sir: I understand that you have been for some time past engaged in the preparation of a work on…
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ROSS BROWNE, United States Minister to China to George Wilkes, June 16, 1868
Mr. Browne to Mr. Wilkes Steamer Henry Chauncey, Near Aspinwall, June 16, 1868. Sir: On the eve of my departure from New York I had the honor to receive your…
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WILKES, Director, &c. , Lower Cal to J. Ross Browne, June 7, 1868
Mr. Wilkes to Mr. Browne New York, June 7, 1868. Sir: The Lower California Company holding, as you are aware, a grant from the Mexican government which entitles them to…
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Ross Browne to William H. Seward, July 24, 1868
Mr. Browne to Mr. Seward San Francisco, Cal., July 24, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith an interesting communication from Mr. Daniel Cleveland, a citizen of San…
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Wells Williams to United States Consuls, June 8, 1868
Mr. Williams to United States Consuls Legation of the United States, Peking, June 8, 1868. Sir: I herewith send you a copy, in English and Chinese, of the eight rules…
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Wells Williams to His Imperial Highness Prince Kung , Chief, June 12, 1868
Mr. Williams to Prince Kung Legation of the United States, Peking, June 12, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your Imperial Highness’s dispatch of the 29th ultimo, containing…
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Prince Kung to S. Wells Williams , United States Chargé d’affaires ad interim, May 29, 1868
Prince Kung to Mr. Williams [Translation.] Tungchi, 7th year intercalary, 4th moon, 8th day, (May 29, 1868.) Prince Kung, chief secretary of state for foreign affairs, herewith makes a communication:…
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Wells Williams to His Imperial Highness Prince Kung, February 17, 1868
Mr. Williams to Prince Kung Legation of the United States, Peking, February 17, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of two dispatches from your Imperial Highness…
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Prince Kung to S. Wells Williams , United States Charge d’affaires ad interim, January 7, 1868
Prince Kung to Mr. Williams. [Translation.] Tungchi, 6th year, 12th moon, 13th day, (January 7, 1868.) Prince Kung, chief secretary for foreign affairs, herewith makes a communication respecting the mode…