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              GB 891 TM-TM/1-TM/1/1-TM/1/1/49 · File · 1 March 1809
              Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

              Letter from Thomas Manning to William Manning from Canton. He writes about the letters that he received. He has earned some money translating Company edicts but is glad not to be employed by them but is willing to let them aid his pursuits. He then writes his opinions of the war between France and Spain, and England's involvement, and about the capturing of the Danish fleet. The English fleet has been expelled from Macao, it was a tense time with firing on both sides. He gives a listed assessment of the situation. His beard is now a foot long. Handwritten, 4 sides. Dated 1 March 1809