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.
III
1
inall¥.
w.
got to Sun, where we eIIlbarked aboBl"d tM Benga.l .
The
Red Sea
was not
80
hot
81
I
~e
known
it.
but this waa
the
cool .e.80U. I was
on~
of three in
m;y
eab1n, the other two being Spaniards for UanUa .
1'
he1
were not
bad
fellowl, except.
that
11'8
could not. \Uld.erstand one another I
bdieve one was an
Admiral, and
the other something 1n a Unancla.l
'
ft;f.
then
"8
got
to Singapore
w.
heard the
Unt
growUng" of
the
storm
that
had cQlmMlnced 1n China, and which waa delUned to be thll 18e–
ond China War. I!ll'>at. uy a fe. word. to eJtplain bow thh Callie about.
There was a cla.8 of
~11
v••••l. called Larche., Portug•••
b~
or1,1n, but aall1l18 under
any
fl8&
they could
aha..
an:r
right to . A
li_
cenSlil to clU"rj'
the
flt,g
could eaaily be bought. a::ld 1
t
was hardly
am'
_1-
dencB of
t~lr
being honest people. Indeed, in nine ca••• out of ten, they
were pirate., or at least pur.u.11l8 8 que.tionalli. career. and
the
Chine••
a'l1thorlUea
tbo~ht
they were in the right in .-uppre ..ing them,
The,.
were ,
however, very Cla"ef'ul. .bo'l1t meddling 'IIith tho..
who
bad
Illl¥
right to a
foreign flag . One of them, called the Arrow ,
bad
been doing .omethlng
a–
gain.t
tba
Chineee trade re€UlaUonl, and waB sehali by the lJand.arine.
She
l_ediat.~
clatllUld the protection of the BriUeh flfltJ and the British
a'l1thoritiet, although they knB'II perfectly well abe wal no bettar than a
pirate, ohol8 to take up her part.
The
f~t
h, they had been on the l ook–
out for
to.
lol!.& t1me for 'OIIUIthln& they co'llld bang a cruarrel on . Sir John
Bowring 'lfat probab4r peacably diepoeed, but
thto
EngU.h conaul at Canton ,
nll/;\ed If,a.rry PllU'kee, a tboro-u,;hly l,l.'1.cnupulou. man , thO"Ught
he
aa"ll' in thle
quarrel a ""an, of carving O'l1t credit and promotion.for iWlllelf. He ac–
cordingly did all in hh power to foment the qllo8l'rel, egged on Sir John
and would hear neither argwnent nor explanation from the Chinese,
The
Brittan flag
had
been inll11ted, a.'1d there III\llt be full••
t
reparation,
The Imperial Comm'.aioner at Canton .... an
obstl~
••
conceited mandarin
F 3.1q
1
I'e !;
ez
mtl
lU'
he
1
.
e have
l
l a
o
c i
!
l
!
h r
:[
ell 8 ,;
t
~
D t W e
L'1ot
l
_
till
.
dmi
ral
80
l
i
fi
i
wa:t
~n
.
e
.
e
fire
li e
,
a
OJ l8 i
.8.8
,
lu
0-
lar
ll\ t ...., •
w
.
x l h .
i,
c_
al
small
o
eae ¥
lJ!;l .
.111. 11
l
J"
att
>q
se
arE')
a
s d
!.
.
ae
.
r
MY ev1
e
heir
l
e
Ul
s
a
llUing
a
~.t1onable
,
ee
uthoriti s boUGht
e
u
.
y
Olllevl
:!
euef'ul abou
l Ii t b le
a'
,
l Oll
a
l gu ti
s l eil
).!
an .ri l
hrgnediatlly
lat~
l
tiln ag
I
uthoriti l e
b l sw
lh
DO
e
O O 1
act iB,
b
II
ng ilD lomot
g b
u e
1
w e
l¥
l: Ol
bl
&
l1sb s
8)
l
R r
ark l
h O\lf b1l unlclmpuloUIi
oug
s w is
~anll
l
ou o
tion .
binl
iB Oll
Olll
l4t' l
um
lll
.
Ulh
b
sult
Iln
lt
sst
a
lll
wa
8
s, e ~ i
