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Foreign Office: Superintendent of Trade, Legation, Peking, China: General Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: FO 677
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FO 677
This series contains general correspondence and diaries from the Superintendent of Trade in China. Include some correspondence and diaries, 1759 to 1832, inherited from the East India Company; correspondence with naval and military officers,...
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- FO 677
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Superintendent of Trade, Legation, Peking, China: General Correspondence and Diaries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1759-1874
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence and diaries from the Superintendent of Trade in China. Include some correspondence and diaries, 1759 to 1832, inherited from the East India Company; correspondence with naval and military officers, concerning the war of 1840 to 1841 and its aftermath, and with the Government of India; and a volume, 1859, of decisions in Consular Court appeal cases.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For papers of Sir Henry Pottinger, Superintendent of Trade, 1841-1843, see FO 705
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- East India Company, 1600-1858
- Foreign Office, Superintendent of Trade in China, 1837-1897
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 26 box(es)
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- This accumulation of papers was received (?by the Foreign Office) from China in 1956.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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A Superintendent of Trade in China was first appointed in 1837 and between 1840 and 1883 the office was normally combined with that of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7978/
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