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Proclamation by Pottinger to Chinese populace. Authorities in Taiwan have massacred...

Catalogue reference: FO 682/1975/156

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FO 682/1975/156
Date
1842 Nov 23/TK 22 10 21
Description

Proclamation by Pottinger to Chinese populace. Authorities in Taiwan have massacred about two hundred British sailors shipwrecked there, pretending that they were captured in action. Such officials should be executed and their property confiscated.

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7 pages
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
F.O. 682/253B/1
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Public Record(s)
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Chinese
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