Papers, 1785-c. 1798

File

MS. Eng. hist. b. 242

Held at the Weston Library

Includes

(fols. 1-6) 'Observations on the present state of the Kingdom of Pegu, & the means of uniting it to the British Dominions in India', by La Beaume, 1785
(fols. 9-29) official letters in Chinese, May-June 1793 (see above, MS. Eng. hist. c. 1124, fols. 19-64)
(fols. 40-5) report on Danish plans to monopolise trade with India, c.1798
(fol. 46) a printed counterpart indenture of conditions of employment of the physician to Macartney's embassy to China, 1792

Dates

46 Leaves

MS. Eng. hist. b. 242

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