French Political Cartoon, 1840 (Wikimedia Commons) Shows an Englishman ordering the emperor of China to buy opium. Another Chinese man lies dead on the ground with troops in the background. The text says: "I tell you to immediately buy this p ...
https://www.kinsmanlibrary.org/content/kinsman-family After many months of extensive family discussion, Rebecca Chase Kinsman (1810–1882) departed her homeport of Salem, Massachusetts on July 5th, 1843 for Macao and Canton, China, with her husband, Nathaniel Kinsman (1798–1847), ...
The firm Hogg Brothers was active in the manufacture and trade of silk from 1860 until 1899, at Shanghai. The brothers included Alfred G. Hogg, James Hogg, and Edward Jenner Hogg. Edward Jenner Hogg is described as "the doyen of foreign residents in Shanghai ... taken, indirectly, a larger shar ...
Frederic Delano Grant, Jr. was born on 16 July 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States of America. He studied History at Bates College, and received his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1976. He studied Law at Boston College Law School, and received his JD, cum laude, in 1983. Since obtaining ...
With China's permission,traders voyage from Macao up the Pearl River to Canton once a year for an extended period of trading in cramped quarters. The British are frustrated that China has a meager appetite for their trade goods until they hit upon a product for which there is great demand -- opium ...
望厦条约 John Peters 纽约土木工程师 父亲是TAYLOR总统朋友 收集中国艺术品， 父亲在百老汇539买了地皮建博物馆存放展品，但是 无法竣工，于是搬去了 Malboro Church on Washington St Downtown Boston. John Peters 是个权贵出身，父亲的关系把儿子送进了Cushing Mission见习，不拿工资。 http://www.guten ...
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