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Margary affair: Report of the Chinese commissioners' investigations and findings....
Catalogue reference: FO 1080/177/1
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This record is about the Margary affair: Report of the Chinese commissioners' investigations and findings.... dating from 1876 in the series Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Embassy and Legation, Peking, China:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FO 1080/177/1
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1876
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Description (What the record is about)
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Margary affair: Report of the Chinese commissioners' investigations and findings.
copy Original was FO 682/1/5/3
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former FO 682 ref 109/1
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Asia
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FO 1080
Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Embassy and Legation, Peking, China:...
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