Lot
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China, 1834 (Sep. 2) Macao to Canton, China, folded letter datelined "Macao Septemr 2nd 1834" from J. Archer to William Wetmore Esqr. at Canton sent privately, manuscript Chinese character docketing on top and bottom flaps, some interesting historical content concerning Lord Napier and Maderins, "The measure adopted by Lord Napier of issueing the Chinese Chop is generally considered here as an unadvised one, such is my own opinion. It can do no possible good, and will probable only exasperate the Madarines….Mr. Robertson tells me it is in contemplation to permit goods to be entered here in entrepot by paying a duty if re-ship'd of 1½ to 2 per ct he thinks it probable the measure will be carried into effect. It will facilitate matters much if it does…I am sorry to hear that Fatqua is likely to be declared bankrupt. It think it would be adviseable to get a receipt from Hinqua & Lin chong for the amt of the cotton yarn sold them being in payment for duties per Coliseum"; horizontal fold. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
The Thirteen Factories also known as the Canton Factories, was a neighborhood along the Pearl River in southwestern Guangzhou in the Qing Empire from circa 1684 to 1856. These warehouses and stores were the principal and sole legal site of most Western trade with China from 1757 to 1842. The factories were destroyed by fire in 1822 by accident, in 1841 amid the First Opium War, and in 1856 at the onset of the Second Opium War. The factories' importance diminished after the opening of the treaty ports and the end of the Canton System under the terms of the 1842 Anglo-Chinese Treaty of Nanking. The Hong merchants included Howqua (Wu Bingjian), Puankhequa, Mowqua, Goqua, Fatqua, Kingqua, Sunshing, Mingqua, Saoqua, and Punboqua.
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Realized: $1,200