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1 item extracted from FO 93/23/1A. A letter sent from the Emperor [Jiaqing or Chia...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/2029
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 93/23/1A. A letter sent from the Emperor [Jiaqing or Chia... dating from 1816 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1816
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 93/23/1A. A letter sent from the Emperor [Jiaqing or Chia Ch'ing] of China, to the Prince Regent (afterwards King George IV), complaining about the conduct of Lord Amherst, 11 September 1816. Decorative border of imperial dragons. 3 copies of the text, in Manchu, Latin and Chinese, are written on the same sheet, with an ink seal by each one. An English translation remains at FO 93/23/1A.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Chinese, Latin and Manchu
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- MS
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561056/
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