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46,149 lettersNo. 100. Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, November 12, 1878. (Received January 11.) No. 69.] Sir: Recurring to Mr. Seward’s several dispatches concerning the…
[Inclosure No. 4 in No. 66.] Mr. de España to Mr. Forbes. Peking, August 23, 1878. F. B. Forbes, Esq., Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai: Mr. Vice-President: In…
[Inclosure No. 3 in No. 66.] Mr. de España to Mr. Luedor. Peking, August 22, 1878. No. 297.] C. Luedor, Esq., Consul-General for Germany, and Doyen of the Consular Corps,…
Messrs. Butterfield & Swire to Mr. Forbes. Shanghai, August 1, 1878. Sir: We have the honor to request the attention of the chamber to the following facts as evincing a…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 66.] Mr. Forbes to Mr. De Espana, Doyen. Shanghai, General Chamber of Commerce,August 3, 1878. No. 516.] Sir: I have the honor to hand you herewith…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 66.] Mr. Luder to Mr. De Espana. German Consulate General of Shanghai, Shanghai, August 8, 1878. Mr. Minister and Doyen: The Shanghai Chamber of Commerce has…
No. 99. Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, November 4, 1878. No. 66.] Sir: In his dispatch No. 379, of January 5 last, Mr. Seward…
[Inclosure 7 in No. 61.] Rear-Admiral Patterson to Mr. Holcombe. United States Flag-ship Monocacy (3d rate), Yokohama, Japan, October 2, 1878. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
[Inclosure 6 in No. 61.] Mr. Holcombe to Mr. De Lano. Peking, September 10, 1878. No. 63.] Sir: I have the honor to receive your dispatch No. 109 of the…
[Inclosure 5 in No. 61.] Mr. Holcombe to Rear-Admiral Patterson. Peking, September 10, 1878. Sir: I am informed by M. M. De Lano, esq., United States consul at Foochow, that…
[Inclosure 4 in No. 61.] Mr. De Lano to Mr. Holcombe. Foochow, October 5, 1878. No. 113.] Sir: Recurring to the Wu Shih Shan riot, I have to inform you…
[Inclosure 3 in No. 61.] Mr. De Lano to Mr. Holcombe. Foochow, September 15, 1878. No. 111.] Sir: Since my last to you on the subject of the Wu Shih…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 61.] Mr. De Lano to Mr. Holcombe. Foochow, September 5, 1878. No. 110.] Sir: Recurring to my dispatch No. 109, on the subject of the riot…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 61.] Mr. DeLano to Mr. Holcombe. Foochow, August 31, 1878. No. 109.] Sir: On yesterday afternoon an immense mob of Chinese, led by the literati, assembled…
No. 98. Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, October 28, 1878. (Received December 19.) No. 61.] Sir: I have the honor to hand to you…
[Inclosure 4 in No. 25.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Shepard. Peking, May 17, 1878. No. 49.] Sir: Recurring to your dispatch No. 10 of September 25, 1877, covering a correspondence…
[Inclosure 3 in No. 25.] Mr. Seward to Prince Kung. May 16, 1878. Sir: I have had the honor to receive your imperial highness’s dispatch of the 15th ultimo, in…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 25.] Mr. Seward to Prince Kung. Peking, October 26, 1877. Sir: In the month of April last, the consul of the United States at Hankow applied…
No. 97. Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, July 6, 1878. (Received September 2.) No. 25.] Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith, for…
No. 96. Mr. Hunter to Mr. Foote. Department of State, Washington, October 23, 1879. No. 9.] Sir: With reference to your dispatch No. 3, of the 26th June last, which…