Letter
To George F. Seward to To His Imperial Highness Prince Kung, March 13, 1877
[Inclosure 2 in No. 220.]
United States Legation, Peking, March 13, 1877.
Sir: Upon the 12th instant I had the honor to receive your Imperial Highnesse’s dispatch, informing me that the ports of Ichang, Wuhu, Wên-Chow, and Pakhoi would be opened to foreign trade upon the 1st of April next, and that a date for opening the six landing-places upon the Yangtze River would be announced after suitable regulations had been agreed upon.
I have instructed the consuls of my government at the several ports to communicate the contents of your Imperial Highnesse’s dispatch to our people.
I have, &c.,
GEORGE F. SEWARD.
To His Imperial Highness Prince Kung, &c.
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