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46,149 lettersreceipt of the executors of charles e. hill. Know all men by these presents: Whereas, by an act of Congress approved March 3, 1885, entitled “An act relative to the…
receipt on behalf of china. I, the undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of China, do hereby acknowledge to have received, on this 24th…
No. 122. Mr. Cheng Tsao Ju to Mr. Bayard. Chinese Legation, Washington, D. C., April 25, 1885. (Received April 27.) Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of…
No. 121. Mr. Bayard to Mr. Cheng Tsao Ju. Department of State, Washington, April 24, 1885. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that by an act of Congress…
No. 120. Mr. Denby to Mr. Bayard. Legation of the United States, Peking, November 5, 1885. (Received December 26.) No. 34.] Sir: I have the honor to state, as a…
No. 119. Mr. Denby to Mr. Bayard. Department of State, Peking, October 16, 1885. (Received December 5.) No. 17.] Sir: Tso Tsung T’ang, late viceroy at Nanking, superintendent of southern…
No. 118. Mr. Denby to Mr. Bayard. [Extract.] Legation of the United States, Peking, October 14, 1885. (Received December 5.) No. 14.] Sir: * * * I inclose herwith two…
No. 117. Mr. Bayard to Mr. Smithers. Department of State, Washington, June 1, 1885. No. 439.] Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Young’s dispatch of March 30,…
No. 116. Mr. Bayard to Mr. Smithers. Department of State, Washington, May 4, 1885. No. 431.] Sir: I have received Mr. Young’s dispatch No. 658, dated the 23d February, with…
[Inclosure in No. 428.] Mr. Bayard to Mr. Stahel. Department of State, Washington, April 14, 1885. No. 25.] Sir: On the 19th ultimo you telegraphed to the Department inquiring “Can…
No. 115. Mr. Bayard to Mr. Smithers. Department of State, Washington, April 20, 1885. No. 428.] Sir: I have received Mr. Young’s No. 650, of February 14 last, and have…
No. 114. Mr. Smithers to Mr. Bayard. Legation of the United States, Peking, April 16, 1885. (Received June 5.) No. 4.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 696.] Mr. Young to Mr. Stevens. March 30, 1885. Sir: I have the honor, as a farther acknowledgment of your dispatch No. 80, dated February 27,…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 696.—Extract.] Mr. Stevens to Mr. Young. United States Consulate, Ningpo, February 27, 1885. Sir: * * * As our nation is at peace with both France…
No. 113. Mr. Young to Mr. Bayard. Legation of the United States, Peking, March 30, 1885. (Received May 13.) No. 696.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose a correspondence…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 693.] Mr. Young to Mr. Blodget. Peking, March 28, 1885. To the Rev. H. Blodget, D. D., chairman, and the Rev. Dr. Edkins and the Rev.…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 693.] Mr. Blodget to Mr. Young. Peking, March 14, 1885. The anti-christian riots in the province of canton in september, 1884. Dear Sir: The propagation of…
No. 112. Mr. Young to Mr. Bayard. Legation of the United States, Peking, March 29, 1885. (Received May 13.) No. 693.] Sir: I have the honor to transmit for the…
[Inclosure in No. 687.—Translation.] Notification. In reply to questions recently put to the consul-general of France by several residents of Shanghai, the undersigned has the honor to remind the public…
No. 111. Mr. Young to Mr. Bayard. Legation of the United States, Peking, March 24, 1885. (Received May 13.) No. 687.] Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith for…