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Van Valkenburgh to William H. Seward, December 4, 1867
Mr. Van Valkenburgh to Mr. Seward No. 70.] Legation of the United States, Yedo, December 4, 1867. Sir: In regard to the opening of a harbor on the west coast…
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Reply of the President to Anson Burlingame, January 1, 1868
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…
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Address of Mr. Burlingame to Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1868
Address of Mr. Burlingame to the President [undated]. Mr. President: If you had not already, through the Secretary of State, kindly relieved me from embarrassment, my first duty on the…
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William H. Seward to Their Excellencies Anson Burlingame, Chih-Kang, Sun Chia-Ku, June 3, 1868
Mr. Seward to the Chinese Embassy Department of State, Washington, June 3, 1868. The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of…
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Tung Chih to Translated by J. M. L. Brown, First Secretary of Chinese Mission. Translation approved, December 31, 1867
[Untitled] His Majesty the Emperor of China salutes the President of the United States! In virtue of the commission we have with reverence received from Heaven, and as China and…
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Anson Burlingame to William H. Seward, June 2, 1868
The Chinese Embassy to Mr. Seward Washington, June 2, 1868. The undersigned, having been commissioned by his Majesty the Emperor of China, Anson Burlingame, of the first Chinese rank, envoy…
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Rutherford Alcock to To his Excellency A. Vlakgaly, September 10, 1868
I. Ling-Kwang-Sz’, September 10, 1868. Monsieur le Ministre and Cher Doyen: The Prussian minister, in his reply to my former communication respecting the negotiations in which I am engaged with…
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Vlangaly to Sir Rutherford Alcock, K. C. B., Envoy Extraordinary and, August 26, 1868
H. [Translation.] Kwang-Shan-Sz’, August 26, 1868. My Dear Colleague: The minister of France having replied to you directly upon the subject of your letter of the 5th instant, and of…
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Wells Williams to Rutherford Alcock, K. C. B, August 13, 1868
Mr. Williams to Sir Rutherford Alcock Peking, August 13, 1868. My Dear Colleague: I have carefully looked over the papers which you gave me relating to the revision of the…
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De Lallemand to Sir Rutherford Alcock, August 9, 1868
Mr. Lallemand to Sir Rutherford Alcock [Translation.] Peking, August 9, 1868. Mr. Minister and Dear Colleague: Your letter of the 5th instant arrived on the 7th. In replying, I have…