File SC1/2 - Investigation on a Court-case concerning the sale of opium

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GB 891 SC1-SC1/2

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Investigation on a Court-case concerning the sale of opium

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  • 2018 (Creation)
  • 1814 (Creation)

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Investigation on a court case that merchants sold opium at high sea in the nineteenth year of Jiaqing's reign (1814). The document is based on statements from Chinese merchants. This document, handwritten in Chinese, is on a single sheet of paper whichread more

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  • Chinese
  • English

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