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.
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and
took ••
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nC.r
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the
whole
plan.
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Spencer
Coarpton , and a
m&II
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Chombln,
'
II'ho
W.I a '1ery amlulna Cellow.
Our
P"'u&'
to
Shanghai
.
a.
lDIOoth and plea.ant, a.."Id I .a. IIIU(lh gratiUed
with
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wi
per!"crmanci of
thl!
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loon
& ....
1
arrived ....
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lit
tQ
yori!: to get such a careo r ••
<l,y ••
would
anabll .... to try
the
_:
rut
tho~.
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wanted
to
kIlo.
~t
th1D&1
wou1d do
tor
fUture
la'
rather
thaD
to make a profit. on the ,oolil
t~n
this trip .
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tr1p
we.
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z:p.r~ntal
one altogether . •• took .. .mall
II.-.utlt,'
of ..... rything
that
.11
thought
IlliCht
do, and ..
eel.
up ..
cario
ot
.
bernt
$30,000.
Euld.. _rut. ,
t
had
it
in
rtq
mind to blJ¥ land tor our
utablhhmente ,
which
I
tor••••
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I
.
hould have to
utabU,h
at
the
na.
portl . Tho••
who
CEWI firat not only
had
the
fint
cholcI
ot
location,
.. '
I.ry 1I;porta:lt ... tter,
but
cot the loti at IKllCh le..
tt.D tho••
who e_
later. 1 hoped. to get .0 IKIICh land. tbat 1 could. l1li11 .., eurplu. at a
proUt enO'U,ih to lIIIIke
m:t
own eo.t nothing . bee hope. were an r.allsed.,
.
xeept that there wae so much land., and. .0 much
d.el~
in ,ettin« po.ees.–
ion of
it ,
that the profit all Iilu.pp.aud.. 'II'e had. arrived at Shenghd
on the 10th of Aolrll, 1661, and .0 llmCh d.upatc:h ... I118d.. that we were
r.a6,y to ..11 on tbe 14th••• bad ,ot tracing. of Lord. El,iin'. eharh ,
and a Chine.e pilot. in
wtuxD.
howeyer ,
we
had
11
ttl. faith ,
I'e left I'oowne on tbe 14th. at about 4 P.II. , our object being to
,.
t .0 far before dark , that
we
could. attack tha
Lan.han
Cro.eiDe tbe
Hnt thine in the III<)rniDe . !hie
we
did, but before 6 0 'clock were hard
and. fa.t a.hor••
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meke a long .tot')' .hort , it wal two
Ii.q.
beforl we
wen fairly oyer thil cro..ing, which
ha.
alw~e
had a bad. name ••e then
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da¥.
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