William L. Marcy, US Secretary of State to the Emperor of China, letter in Chinese

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Description

Title: William L. Marcy, US Secretary of State to the Emperor of China, letter in Chinese
Creator: From the Collection: Parker, Peter, 1804-1888
Contributor: From the Collection: Lam, Qua
Published / Created: 1855 September 5
Description: Identifiied by a patron as a letter to the emperor of China by the Secretary of State William L. Marcy about the designation of Peter Parker as American Commissioner to China.
Provenance: Manuscripts were donated by Peter Parker of Barrington, Illinois, May 16, 1960. Portraits and urinary calculi donated in the late nineteenth century by Peter Parker to the Medical School through Moses C. White, professor of pathology and a former missionary to China. These were later transferred by the Medical School to the Historical Library. Some materials, including photographs, were donated in 1966 by Mrs. William W. Cadbury, widow of an early twentieth century medical missionary to Canton.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Chinese

Repository

Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Call Number

Ms Coll 6

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Container / Volume

1, folder 23

Access: Public
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Citation: Peter Parker Collection, Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.