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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a great mletake to suppa.. that the Chineee did not uudflrGtand what wal
going on, the7 ..inked at it intentloual17,
and
this leeP:'led to l118ke
it
all
right.
.
A.t
ant
rate,
I
wal lent
d.o-.n
to Blenheim Reach one ....enin& in
October,
1842.
Nld ai1 ,hip' ..ere placed uuder
m,y
ordera. Three were 'Ie...
aell that had diecbarged their cargoe., paid their port charg." and were
waiting for whatever might t'l1nl
lIP.
Three were
ehip.
full of
=,0
for
Canton.
t
11'.1
told to order one full lhip along'ide one
8
mp\;Jr
one ae
-.
oOD
aa it wae dark, and to be careful that all waa done without noiee.
Two
of
m,y
c ouplee got to ..ark
ve~
qutet17. but the Charleston, a little
ship
that ..... t o go alongaide the Edinburgh a huge cOlllpall7
'
I
ship - in doing
eo got athwart her h'll", and then en8\l8d a noile that might have been
heard at Canton. In Yain
I
attempted to etop the clamor. the more
I
begged them to be quiet, the more r.o.. they
lllade,
until at laet
I
gave
\
Ip
in deepair. Before morning the d1 ehipe eeparated, haYing trane–
ehipped their cargoee.
I ..
ent back to Canton to report progre... and
e1~
pected to bl well bullied b7
Itr.
Coolid&e for the miefortuuee of the
night, which
I
could uot help.
The buaiue.e thue comnenced ..ent on for the ne1t ei1 or eight
lIIontha, and .ae .oon carried on ..ith the moet perfect opeuneee and 1u
broad da¥li!:ht. Not one ehlp iu ten paid port obergea.
A.
veuel ..auld
d,18charge two or three cargoee of cotton, then take in t ..o or three cer–
goea
of
tea, then have
an
efflux of cotton gooda, then a dedre tor more
tea, until finalq the iIlMdarine ..auld remark, eHai-IaD., that ehip, he
tlul.y too IlIUChe.
we_,·
but there w" n.....er
an
lntilnation t hat all".
not r1&ht.
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of trade came into operation. We learned ita working but never 11ked it
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