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Title | China Books, Consisting of Copies of Minutes and Letters of Lord Auckland, Written to the British Plenipotentiaries and Commanders, etc., in China during the "Opium War" in 1840-1842. Part 1, 7 April 1840 - 8 October 1841, f. 175 |
Reference | Add 37715 - 37717 |
Library | The British Library |
Date | 1840-1841 |
Description | The letters and minutes, concerning the trade of opium and the associated conflicts, are addressed to the following: Captain Charles Elliot and Admiral Sir George Elliot, Naval Commander-in-Chief, acting as Joint-Plenipotentiaries. Admiral Sir James John Gordon Bremer, Naval Commander-in-Chief before Admiral Elliot; General Sir Hugh Gough, Commander of the Land Forces; Sir Henry Pottinger, who superseded Captain Elliot as Plenipotentiary after the unsuccessful preliminary treaty in January, 1841; Admiral Sir William Parker, who succeeded Admiral Elliot in November 1841, and others. |
Document Type | Manuscript, Correspondence |
Primary Commodity | Opium |
Theme | Trade and Commerce; Politics and Empire |
Keywords | climate, commerce, consumer, consumption, profit, drugs, conflict, empire |
Region | East Asia, Europe |
Places | Hong Kong; India; UK; England; Burma; China |
Copyright | The British Library Board. All rights reserved. Licence no: 5386 |