China books. Copies of minutes and letters of Lord Auckland, written to the British Plenipotentiaries and commanders in China during the Opium War. Volume II

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Title
China books. Copies of minutes and letters of Lord Auckland, written to the British Plenipotentiaries and commanders in China during the Opium War. Volume II
Date
1840-1841
Copyright and Source Archive
British Library
Document Type
  • Correspondence
Description
Correspondence with Charles Elliot and Sir George Elliot, Naval Commander-in-chief, acting as Joint Plenipotentiaries, Sir James John Gordon Bremer, Naval Commander-in-chief before Admiral Elliot, General Sir Hugh Gough, Commander of the Land Forces, Sir Henry Pottinger, who superseded Captain Elliot as Plenipotentiary after the unsuccessful preliminary treaty in January 1841, Admiral Sir William Parker, who succeeded Admiral Elliot in November 1841. Volume II is a duplicate of volume I and contains correspondence from 7 April 1840 to 8 October 1841.