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Letter from James Bancker in China to his father Charles Nicoll Bancker [8 Apr 1847].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bancker, Charles Nicoll, 1778-1869.
- Ambassadors.
- Armies.
- Commerce.
- Consuls.
- Factories.
- International relations.
- War.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China--Hong Kong.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1847.
- Summary:
- Letter describing a British occupation of Guangzhou and the effect it was having on life there.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Mss.B.B22
- Charles Nicoll Bancker was a prominent merchant and financier. Born in New York, he moved to Philadelphia in 1791 to try his hand at business in the capital city. By the 1820s, he had established himself as a successful businessman, founding and then serving as the president of the Franklin Fire Insurance company.James Bancker, Charles Nicoll Bancker's son, was educated at the University of Pennsylvania. He later assisted his father at the Franklin Insurance company, working from their offices on Wall Street in New York City. In the 1840s, he left for China to explore trading opportunities. He returned to the United States in 1850 and continued working as a merchant. He died in 1897 in New York City.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the American Philosophical Society catalogue.
- Collection: James A Bancker Papers, 1842-1849
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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