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1. Peking the goal,--the sole hope of peace. Comprising an inquiry into the origin of the pretension of universal supremacy by China and into the causes of the first war: with incidents of the imprisonment of the foreign community and of the first campaign of Canton. 1841 [1873]

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Book — 104 p. 23 cm.
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2. Portfolio chinensis: or, A collection of authentic Chinese state papers illustrative of the history of the present position of affairs in China. With a translation, notes and introduction [1840]

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Book — xvi, 191 p. 23 cm.
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  • Preface.--Introduction.--Paper relating to the internal policy of the country.--Proclamation of Lew, chief magistrate of Nanhae, relating to an opium depôt.--The first proclamation of the high commissioner to foreigners demanding the surrender of their opium.--Proclamation by the commissioner to foreigners detailing four reasons why they should at once surrender their opium.--Proclamation containing the imperial decree declaring the English trade for ever at an end.--Letter from the high commissioner to the queen of Great Britain.--Memorial of Tsang Wangyen to the emperor, recommending plans for the entire suppression of all foreign intercourse, and the extermination of foreigners. With a supplement relating to the Portuguese of Macao.--Notes.--Appendix. Offering rewards for the arrest and murder of the English.
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