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Assistant District Magistrate Wang Cheng reports: 397 French soldiers and their captain...
Catalogue reference: FO 931/746
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This record is about the Assistant District Magistrate Wang Cheng reports: 397 French soldiers and their captain... dating from after 1846 in the series Kwangtung Provincial Archives: Documents of the Chinese Administration in Kwangtung. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- after 1846
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Description (What the record is about)
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Assistant District Magistrate Wang Cheng reports: 397 French soldiers and their captain were shipwrecked off Korea, they are now transported by a British vessel to Macao where they now reside. 2 ff.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- F.O. 682/279 A/5 (18)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Chinese
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Kwangtung Provincial Archives: Documents of the Chinese Administration in Kwangtung
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