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46,149 letters[Inclosure 1 in Mr. Knight’s letter.] Mr. Knight to Mr. Eliot. Boston, February 22, 1877. proposal for teaching chinese at harvard university. Dear Sir: A commercial and official experience in…
No. 115. Mr. Knight to Mr. Evarts. Shanghai, July 14, 1879. (Received September 1.) Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 20 of the…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 490.] No. 130. Mr. De Lano to Mr. Seward. August 8, 1879. Sir: * * * * * * * Consular cases growing out of missionary…
No. 114. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, October 11, 1879. (Received November 28.) No. 490.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose to you…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 487.] Mr. Bandinel to Mr. Seward. New Chwang, September 12, 1879. No. 29.] Sir: I have had the honor to receive your excellency’s dispatch, No, 49,…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 487.] Mr. Bailey to Mr. Seward. United States Consulate-General, Shanghai, September 15, 1879. No. 4.] Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
No. 113. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, October 7, 1879. (Received November 28.) No. 487.] Sir: In further reference to the questions involved in…
[Inclosure 6 in No. 480.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Shepard. September 18, 1879. No. 71.] Sir: Recurring to your dispatch No, 33, I beg leave to say that I have…
[Inclosure 5 in No. 480.] Mr. Lord to Mr. Seward. Ningpo, August 20, 1879. No. 101.] Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 42,…
[Inclosure 4 in No. 480.] Mr. Shepard to Mr. Seward. Hankow, August 26, 1879. No. 33.] Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your dispatch No. 68, of…
[Inclosure 3 in No. 480] Mr. De Lano to Mr. Seward. Foochow, August 9, 1879. Sir: I have had the honor to receive your dispatch No. 80, of date July…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 480.] Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Seward. Chinkiang, August 11, 1879. No. 3.] Sir: I have had the honor to receive your dispatch No. 141, of the…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 480.] Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Seward. Canton, August 18, 1879. No. 27.] Sir: I have had the honor to receive your dispatch No. 58, of 26th…
No. 112. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, September 18, 1879. (Received November 4.) No. 480.] Sir: I bad the honor to transmit to you…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 464.] circular to the consuls of the united states in china. July 26, 1879. Will you be so good as to prepare careful answers to the…
No. 111. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, July 29, 1879. (Received September 29.) No. 464.] Sir: In my dispatch No. 451 I informed you…
No. 110. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, June 26, 1879. (Received September 1.) No. 443.] Sir: In reference to Mr. Holcombe’s several dispatches reporting…
No. 109. Mr. Evarts to Mr. Holcombe. Department of State, Washington, March 3, 1879. No. 285.] Sir: Your dispatch No. 94, in relation to the recently-exchanged convention between China and…
[Inclosure 3 in dispatch No. 133.] Mr. Holcombe to Prince Kung. March 7, 1879. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your imperial highness’s dispatch of the 23d…
Mr. Jenkins to Consul Shepard. February 6, 1879. Sir: Referring you to my letter of the 1st of November, 1878, I have to give you the following facts: On the…