First Opium War General Trading in Canton Lord Napier Negotiations 1834 (28 Aug.) entire letter from Joseph Archer in Macau to William Wetmore in Canton; privately carried on a river boat and without postal marking but with detailed ink brush delivery note on the flap; there is a light horizontal folding crease and the ink of the letter shows through, otherwise clean and fine. The letter includes, " ... Lord Napier seems to have a good deal of finesse, it is what the Chinese have not been accustomed to in the intercourse with the company, possible some important results may grow out of the present negotiations. I am however not so sanguine that matters will be satisfactorily resolved so soon as some imagine; there is a vast deal of policy about the Chinese and the visit of the Mandarins to his Lordship may have been nothing more than a feeler to learn how far his powers extended. I sincerely hope he may succeed in establishing the trade upon a permanent and liberal footing" 1834年8月28日信函, 由澳門Joseph Archer 寄廣州William Wetmore 收, 經內河船私人遞送, 信函上没有郵遞記號, 但封舌處有毛筆書寫的送遞手跡; 有摺痕但整體保存良好.
First Opium War General Trading in Canton Lord Napier Negotiations 1834 (28 Aug.) entire letter from Joseph Archer in Macau to William Wetmore in Canton; privately carried on a river boat and without postal marking but with detailed ink brush delivery note on the flap; there is a light horizontal folding crease and the ink of the letter shows through, otherwise clean and fine. The letter includes, " ... Lord Napier seems to have a good deal of finesse, it is what the Chinese have not been accustomed to in the intercourse with the company, possible some important results may grow out of the present negotiations. I am however not so sanguine that matters will be satisfactorily resolved so soon as some imagine; there is a vast deal of policy about the Chinese and the visit of the Mandarins to his Lordship may have been nothing more than a feeler to learn how far his powers extended. I sincerely hope he may succeed in establishing the trade upon a permanent and liberal footing" 1834年8月28日信函, 由澳門Joseph Archer 寄廣州William Wetmore 收, 經內河船私人遞送, 信函上没有郵遞記號, 但封舌處有毛筆書寫的送遞手跡; 有摺痕但整體保存良好.
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