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Auction: 21042 - The Opium Wars Collection
Lot: 82

First Opium War
The Eastern Expedition
The Renewed Blockade of Canton
1842 (4-17 Jan.) entire letter from Turner & Co in Macao to John Gladstone & Co., Liverpool "via Marseilles", rated at "2/8" and with "INDIA" in large oval, the reverse with a good strike of Richie Steuart and Co forwarding agent's cachet for receipt on 28th February, London and Liverpool (5.4) datestamps; sent by the 'John O'Gaunt'; two vertical folding creases.


An extract, written on 17th January, "The new forts and the obstructions of the river near Canton are rapidly being completed and we wait with no small anxiety to see what course the provincial government will then take. That all the force we have here now would produce no effect on their new defences seems the general opinion, and it is therefore but too evident that for the continuance of trade and our safe residence in Canton, we must trust simply for the interested forbearance of the Chinese and it must be remembered that their patience must be sorely tried by the system of seizing trading junks which is still carried on ..."


1842年1月4-17日澳門Turner & Co 經馬賽寄英國利物浦John Gladstone &Co 信函, 遞送費為2s 8d. 蓋㰐圓型 "INDIA" 戳, 封背蓋2月28日Richie Steauart & Co 中轉代理章, 及倫敦及4月5日利物浦日戳. 由輪船 "John O'Gaunt" 由澳門帶往利物浦. 信函有两度摺痕. 自1841年10月英逺征軍逐步北移, 把戰線集中於中國東部淅江省, 而南部的廣州暫得安寧, 清軍借此步署加強炮台與防禦設施於廣州河, 但貿易則處於停滯狀態, 本信函粗略地提及了上述情况.

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HK$4,000

Starting price
HK$3000