Page 9 - Augustine Heard, Jr., Old China and New, 1894.

Harvard University - Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School / Heard family. Heard family business records, Volume FP-4, Folder GQ-2-2, and Volume JP-2. Mss:766
1754-1898.
Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.
.
ruU antar tha CU7
&
t
4
a,.liCht, an4 _ e'J;pecte4
\0
be ••ab_d
bJ
tha
b_-'
Df:
ot
UIIDOII.
llu.t dl fte qutet on tha
_
n.tne
of' tha "h.
h71DC h&4
co=e
d~
f'ro. the c i ty to ..e Slr 10bn, ,nd the
~.al"
ot
their
oo.f'e~Jlce
..
e p1ao.l'4a"
til
f'l'OlIt of' tha IIl'1tleh Coneul,a\e .
Of
the "1'I:In erUebll, tha .,et l -."ortallt .a,.. U;e c10atllf of'
Hots
T'-
a
ana the "ef'arl'lIl& of'
the
ellt"rile of' the c1\7 f'or two ,.eal'''.
'
l'I!1a
1'
end que.Hon h.a d.a,., bean. boaa
ot
ooataDUoD.
When 11110\
ba"
tbe c1t7
at
bl, .arC7 In 1841, be ..
~ad
to
wt"b~
bla torea. ' lthout .n\er1ns
the
tlt7 It
he ..
re
paid
the " ,000,000
agree4 upon a. tbe Y81ue
ot
tbe opla. de.trQ1.d .7 the ChiDe.. OOYel'D–
_
nt .
Tl'..
.,
lle7 _a paid. He bt"ti end the Centone.. hne e1.,,)'11
IllIerlahed f'oruUy tb. b.llat that the), had drlYI:In
hi.
a • .,.: !'hell'
oit7 wea ylra;lD alld
,
bould " ....1'
b.. 1'>01111",d b,. the
toot ot
the
torelper. 'l'M7 tboutht t hat n.,yta,
like
l.111ot, would DOt
d.~
to
euter
it,
aDd tbe,.
looked. on
tbla Ull4l1\M1cted an-hal
ot
Zllgllah
tJ'OOpe ae , trick ullworib,. of' reapeohble.an.
-
Wh,.
d id ),011 lIOt
.
lye ua DOUce- the), eatd, -elld _ ,hOQld
h.....
b.en ",ad)' tor
JOU-i
and t1:117 proal ..d tilE ..lnll U:.e7 would be roe "d,. at the later .p_
potllted day.
311'
101
m o.Y1a IIDd
',,.-
hle
.
hlrked tb. d ittielllt)'.
!
b,,.
be.
tbat two ,.,aN beno' tn.,. would
be
tal' • ...,.. IIl)d th07 di d not
Mllitat, to 1'111" tb. roepollalblUt)' to Uair euco,..ore.