Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO FO 682/1977/23

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Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO: DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH AUTHORITIES 1839-1860. Pottinger to Ch'eng Yü-ts'ai. Isabella, loaded with 7,440 silver dollars and unarmed, was plundered by Chinese pirates between Hong Kong and Macao. Chinese cooks on board are accomplices and have now been arrested by Macao authorities. 7 pages.
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  • United Kingdom
  • Nineteenth Century
  • English ships and Macau