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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 10

First Opium War
General Trading in Canton
The Merchants
William Wetmore: 1838 (1 Jan.) entire letter to Morrison & Cryder in London carried privately on the "George IV"; the reverse with a good strike of the step-type "falmouth/ship letter" struck on red and London arrival c.d.s. (17.5). A fine entire.



The letter gives an account of trade with regard to the different cloths and suggests the shipping of cotton. "Turkey opium will not do at any price ... the only objection we have is to nurse the precarious state of the Hongs. We are now in the very best possible position with them but we must not be saddled with too many goods. Tinqua Ponkeiqua gives it as his opinion the fine Pekoe Congo can be afforded next year at 22 taels, his opinion is that teas will be very low in the country, but the supply must be short owing to the scarcity of money."


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