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Consuls at Shanghai, Medhurst, Winchester, Vice-Consul Alabaster Law Secretary Mowat....
Catalogue reference: FO 17/558
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Consuls at Shanghai, Medhurst, Winchester, Vice-Consul Alabaster Law Secretary Mowat.
Shanghai and Chinkiang Trade reports and returns for 1869. Inclosure in Consul Medhursts No. 20, Shanghai, 28 July, 1870
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