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.
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life.
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fira' thln& w.e to barricade
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the
main entrance,
tb.
otlwr t"llnn!1l4: at
the
lid,
of
our house,
and
to:mln,
the
entrance to
tla
rear tactorial. Both bad to b, d,renlho1.
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tbat
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e
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Het, that.
boat'. ern
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up
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Matz
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n for proteetlon on
the
riYer, and had lett thera at onela
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thinkil1&
that
it
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b,
.
n~
tiraly without deflnee. W,
had.
b,,1de
the,.
on.
pall' of
platol..
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q'lWltit:r
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treasure
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n
the
l'aultl.
nlarlT $500.000.
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r been OPIlOHd befor., and the moral reepone1b111t7 .... ,lIat , for DO
OAe could t.n wbather
it
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it.
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clear t.hat thare Will no doubt 1n uncle .1\lg1lat.1na" mj.nd _ he
ha4
made
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hil
mind
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thh time
1
t
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al dark, but
III the JIIOb had fired the ru1nl or the
comp~'1
faeto17. there ..I DO
lack of licht. The7 bad nOI c<meentrat.ad all tbair eftort. OD
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fht;1r mJlber bAd been inerea.ad by an the bla.elq;uardl in Canton. and
the equant 1n front of the tactorie,
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t
blocked b7 a eoap.ct erowd.
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_
qoDl.
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01
lD
coolie. had r ....in.d with
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UI
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t.O th11 time, and we allo bad a large
nUlllber frOlll the
BoIl&"
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t
learned from theee that the Bong lllllrehant.
had.
lint Chop boat, to the eDtranCI of our compound, and th11 wu;eete4
the idea of opening our gette, drhing the !'JOb back b7 a ttll1 aDd tn_
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