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Catalogue description Foreign Office: Superintendent of Trade, Legation, Peking, China: General Correspondence and Diaries
| Reference: | FO 677 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Foreign Office: Superintendent of Trade, Legation, Peking, China: General Correspondence and Diaries |
| Description: |
This series contains general correspondence and diaries from the Superintendent of Trade in China. Include some correspondence and diaries, 1759 to 1832, inherited from the East India Company; correspondence with naval and military officers, concerning the war of 1840 to 1841 and its aftermath, and with the Government of India; and a volume, 1859, of decisions in Consular Court appeal cases. |
| Date: | 1759-1874 |
| Related material: |
For papers of Sir Henry Pottinger, Superintendent of Trade, 1841-1843, see FO 705 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
East India Company, 1600-1858 Foreign Office, Superintendent of Trade in China, 1837-1897 |
| Physical description: | 26 box(es) |
| Custodial history: | This accumulation of papers was received (?by the Foreign Office) from China in 1956. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
A Superintendent of Trade in China was first appointed in 1837 and between 1840 and 1883 the office was normally combined with that of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. |
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