Anson Burlingame was an American lawyer, Republican/American Party legislator, diplomat, and abolitionist. As diplomat, he served as the U.S. minister to China (1862-1867) and then as China's envoy to the U.S., which resulted in the 1868 landmark Burlingame Treaty.
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 180.] Department of State, Washington, December 29, 1866. Sir: From a despatch of the 3d of September last, addressed to me by Consul General…
Circular relative to the Coolie trade. Department of State, Washington, January 17, 1867. Sir: I subjoin a copy of a resolution on the subject of the Coolie trade, which has…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 182.] Department of State, Washington, January 21, 1867. Sir: Mr. S. Wells Williams, in a despatch No. 16, and in an unofficial letter of…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 186.] Department of State, Washington, February 11, 1867. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Williams’s despatch of the 1st of October,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 188.] Department of State, Washington, February 23, 1867. Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of a despatch of the 24th of October, No.…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 190.] Department of State, Washington, March 18, 1867. Sir: Referring to Mr. Williams’s despatch of the 24th of October, No. 44, and to instruction…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 193.] Department of State, Washington, March 25, 1867. Sir: This department has received a despatch dated the 11th of December last, from the consul…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 194.] Department of State, Washington, March 25, 1867. Sir: I recur on this occasion to a despatch transmitted by Mr. Williams in your absence,…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 196.] Department of State, Washington, April 5, 1867. Sir: I enclose herewith a copy of a letter and of its accompaniment, which on the…
Reply of the President to Mr. Burlingame [undated]. Your Excellency: States, like individual men, have two distinct characters and fields of activity; the one domestic, the other social. If it…