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China books : copies of minutes and letters of Lord Auckland, written to the British Plenipotentiaries and commanders in China during the Opium War. Volume III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Auckland, George Eden, Earl of, 1784-1849, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Auckland, George Eden, Earl of, 1784-1849.
- Elliot, Charles, 1801-1875.
- Gough, Hugh Gough, Viscount, 1779-1869.
- Pottinger, Henry, Sir, 1789-1856.
- Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and Commerce Between Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and the Emperor of China (1842 August 29).
- Blockade.
- Government paperwork.
- Health.
- Military art and science.
- Opium.
- Treaties.
- China.
- India.
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1841-1842.
- Summary:
- Correspondence with Charles Elliot and Sir George Elliot, Naval Commander-in-chief, acting as Joint Plenipotentiaries, 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before Admiral Elliot, General Sir Hugh Gough, Commander of the Land Forces, Sir Henry Pottinger, who superseded Captain Elliot as Plenipotentiary after the unsuccessful preliminary treaty in January 1841, Admiral Sir William Parker, who succeeded Admiral Elliot in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. Volume III contains correspondence from 9 October 1841 - 24 February 1842.
- Notes:
- Reference: Add MS 37717
- Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed November 20, 2025).
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