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Letter from Alexander Michie, 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 1/M34

Scope and Contents

A letter from St Regent's Park, London, to Stanley Edward Lane-Poole, 8 July 1893, with a note in Michie's hand (1893?) concerning negotiations in 1861 between British officials, including Parkes, and the Taiping authorities on the question of stationing a British warship on the Yangtze near Nanking.

Dates

  • Creation: 1893

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.

Extent

5 folio(s) (5 folios)

1 item(s) (1 bifolio)

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

The letter in 1/M34 was published in part in Gordon Daniels, 'Sir Harry Parkes: British Representative in Japan 1865-83' (Richmond, 1996), p. 202. The note was summarised and quoted in part in Stanley Lane-Poole and F.V. Dickins, 'The Life of Sir Harry Parkes' (2 vols; London, 1894), vol. 1, p. 422.

Repository Details

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