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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37715-37717
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, viz. Capt. Charles Elliot and Adm. Sir George Elliot, Naval Commander-in-chief, acting as Joint- Plenipotentiaries, Adm. Sir James John Gordon Bremer, Naval Commander-in-chief before Adm. Elliot, Gen. Sir Hugh Gough, Commander of the Land Forces, Sir Henry Pottinger, who superseded Capt. Elliot as Plenipotent...
Scope & Content:: General Sir Hugh Gough, Commander of the Forces in China: Letters to, from Lord Auckland: 1840-1842. Admiral Sir George Elliott: Letters to, as Plenipotentiary in China, from Lord Auckland: 1840-1842. Captain Charles Elliot: Letters to, as Plenipotentiary in China, from Lord Auckland: 1840-184...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1840-1842
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37717
Title:
Scope & Content:: (III. ff. 55). 9 Oct. 1841-24 Feb. 1842. Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger, Resident at Pottinger Sindh, etc: Letters to, from Lord Auckland: 1836-1842. Adn. Sir William Parker, Naval Commander-in-Chief in China: Letters to, from Lord Auckland: 1841, 1842.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Oct 1841-24 Feb 1842
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37718
Title:
Scope & Content:: "MINUTES of the Straits Settlement for 1837," or, rather, a single minute of great length of Lord Auckland, dated 24 May, 1837, made in view of the entire re-arrangement of the Straits' Administration. ff. 109. Straits Settlements: Minute of Lord Auckland on administration of: 1837.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 May 1837
Extent:: 1 item

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