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Documents, papers and newspaper cuttings relating to the career of Horatio Nelson Lay, and a few miscellaneous family papers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lay, Horatio Nelson, 1832-1898, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elgin, James Bruce, Earl of, 1811-1863.
- Lay, Horatio Nelson, 1832-1898.
- Customs administration.
- Exports.
- Imports.
- Navigation.
- Smuggling.
- Afghanistan.
- China.
- Japan.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1845-1937.
- Summary:
- From the Lay Papers, volume II. Includes miscellaneous papers of Lay's family and descendants; a translation by Lay of a Chinese official document, and two translations by Sir Thomas Wade; miscellaneous personal papers; cuttings and extracts from various British and Chinese newspapers; deed of covenant between Lay and Messrs Emile Erlanger and Co. for the customs loan to the Japanese government in 1870; two copies of a memorandum regarding British policy towards Afghanistan, Russia and Persia 1873; draft of a pamphlet entitled 'Chinese History in Opium'; printed paper entitled 'Did Lord Elgin for Opium on China in 1858?' regarding an address Lay gave on the subject.
- Notes:
- Reference: Add MS 72820
- Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed November 20, 2025).
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