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Hong merchants to Select Committee, enclosing an order from the Hoppo to the hong...

Catalogue reference: FO 1048/10/71

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FO 1048/10/71

Date

[1810]

Description

Hong merchants to Select Committee, enclosing an order from the Hoppo to the hong merchants and requesting action accordingly; also enclosing the governor's ruling (missing) on the Committee's recent petition; and undertaking to submit a petition to the viceroy on the Committee's behalf on the viceroy's return to Canton;

Enclosure: The pirates have been dealt with, so the taipan is to send back the cruiser which has already arrived and to stop the other cruisers

(Dated: 7m 9d).

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference

FO 682/68/1B/22

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Subjects
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Trade and commerce
Piracy and privateering
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