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46,149 lettersNo. 90. Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, June 26, 1878. (Received August 6.) No. 15.] Sir: I have the honor to hand to you…
[Inclosure to inclosure 10 in No. 19.] Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Stahel. Shanghai, March 30, 1878. Your letter of 21st February on the subject of the introduction of the…
No. 89. Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, June 25, 1878. (Received August 6.) No. 14.] Sir: Inviting your attention to Mr. Seward’s several dispatches…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 11.] MEMORANDUM ON THE CURRENCY OF CHINA. It is well known that the Chinese Government do not issue coins of silver or gold, and that the…
[Inclosure to inclosure 1 in No. 11.] Chamber of Commerce to Mr. Stahel. Shanghai, May 22, 1878. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 6th…
[Inclosure 1 in No 311.] Mr. Stahel to Mr. Seward. Shanghai, May 25, 1878. I have the honor to inclose herewith copy of a letter from the Shanghai Chamber of…
No. 88. Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United State s Peking, June 24, 1878. (Received September 2.) No. 11.] Sir: Referring to Mr. Seward’s dispatch, No. 43,…
[Inclosure in No. 7.] Mr. Bandinel to Mr. Seward. New Chwang, April 30, 1878. No. 17/497] Sir: I have the honor to give you the following information: Monseigneur Ridel, the…
No. 87. Mr. Holcombe to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, June 20, 1878. (Received August 6.) No. 7.] Sir: I have the honor to hand to you…
No. 86. Mr. George F. Seward to Mr. Evarts. United States Legation, Peking, March 22, 1878. (Received May 16.) No. 425.] Sir.: It is evident that the presence of Chinese…
the famine in the north. To the Editor of the North China Daily News: Dear Sir: Will you please insert the inclosed two letters in regard to the famine in…
[Inclosure 4 in No. 422.] Extracts from private letters and from newspapers relating to the famine in China. [From The North China Daily News. Shanghai, January 12, 1878.] tientsin. The…
[Inclosure 1, No. 422.] THE SHANSI FAMINE. In former letters I gave a general account of the famine in this province taken from official records, and also some particulars of…
No. 84. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. United States Legation, Peking, March 14, 1878. (Received May 16.) No. 422.] Sir: It became my duty last year to inform the Department…
[Inclosure in No. 412.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Stahel. March 4, 1878. No. 115.] Sir: I beg leave to hand to you herewith a memorandum which I submitted to my…
No. 83. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. United States Legation, Peking, March 4, 1878. (Received May 3.) No. 412.] Sir: Recurring to the representation made by the Chamber of Commerce…
[Inclosure 4 in No. 411.] MEMORANDUM. The chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai in the letter addressed to the foreign ministers, on the 7th of August last, said:…
[Inelosure 3 in No. 411.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Stahel. Peking, February 23, 1878. No. 113.] Sir: The inclosed rules for the care of the harbor at your port, having…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 411.] Mr. Seward to Prince Kung. Peking, February 22, 1878. I have had the honor to receive your imperial highness’s letter, of January 31, transmitting to…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 411.] HARBOR RULES FOR SHANGHAI. Memorandum of changes made by Prince Kung, in his dispatch of January 31, 1878, submitting the rules to the diplomatic body.…