Yeh, Ming-ch'en, 1809-1859 (Viceroy of Kwangsi and Kwangtung)
Dates
- Existence: 1809 - 1859
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Despatch from Allied Commanders, Dec. 1857
Despatch from Lord Elgin, 1857
Despatch from Po-kuei, 1858
A copy of despatch from Po-kuei to Parkes, 3 March 1858, notifying him of the dismissal of Yeh Ming-ch'en and his replacement by Huang Tsung-han (Huang Zonghan) as Governor-General of Liang-Kwangs. The document includes an English note reading 'Sent by Pihkwei to Mr. Parkes appt 3 March.'
Despatches from Lord Elgin, 1858
Eulogies to Yeh Ming-ch'en, circa 1855
Copies of Chinese eulogies by L[ ] Ch'un-yang in praise of Yeh Ming-ch'en (1855?). The document is labelled in Parkes' hand 'Scrolls from Yeh's Yamun'.
Extract from memorial re fall of Changchow, 1864
A draft English translation of an 'Extract from Memorial to the Throne by Fuhtai Li [Li Hung-chang] with reference to the fall of Changchow', undated [1864], with a printed copy of a letter from Sir John Bowring to His Excellency Yeh, Canton, 18 November 1856, on the reverse of one of the sheets.