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Photostatic copy of FO 232/3, with FO 682/2457 references inserted
Catalogue reference: FO 682/2458
Date: [1843-1921]
Photostatic copy of FO 232/3, with FO 682/2457 references inserted
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Po-kuei to Elgin. Feels extremely humiliated by H. Parkes' arbitrary action of taking...
Catalogue reference: FO 682/1991/12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1858 Jan 31/HF 7 12 17
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Po-kuei to Elgin. Feels extremely humiliated by H. Parkes' arbitrary action of taking six Chinese prisoners from Nan-hai prison and twenty-one from P'an-yü together with the chief warder. Threatens to commit suicide if insult is not redressed.
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- 10 pages
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- F.O. 682/121A/6
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- Chinese
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