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Two reports by Li Kou-ying on foreign warships on the Pearl River just below Canton...
Catalogue reference: FO 931/1821
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- FO 931/1821
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1856
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two reports by Li Kou-ying on foreign warships on the Pearl River just below Canton and their activities. One report on the arrival of two Russian warships at Hong Kong and British military preparations on that island. 3 mss. in envelope.
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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. 682/325/4 (33)
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Chinese
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- Open Document, Open Description
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FO 931
Kwangtung Provincial Archives: Documents of the Chinese Administration in Kwangtung
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Two reports by Li Kou-ying on foreign warships on the Pearl River just below Canton...
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