Early Relations between the United States and China. 163 



eye-witness, an Englishman. It is also in Waldie's Select Circu- 

 lating Library, Philadelphia, Part II., pp. 287-366. 

 Elliot, (Captain) Robert. 



Views of the East, comprising India, Canton, and the Shores of 

 the Red Sea, with Historical and Descriptive Illustrations. Lon- 

 don, 1833. 



This is of interest for its drawings, about half a dozen of which 

 are of Chinese scenes. They were made from life in 1822, 1823, 

 and 1824. 

 Erskine, Charles. 



Twenty Years Before the Mast, With the More Thrilling 

 Scenes and Incidents while circumnavigating the Globe under 

 the Command of the late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1836-1842. 

 Boston, 1890. 



These are the recollections of a man who had been on the 

 voyage. They tell among other things of the massacre of the 

 crew of the Charles Daggett of Salem on the Fiji Islands, (p. 

 153.) They are not very reliable. 

 Everett, Edward. (U. S. Minister to Great Britain.) 



Letter to Daniel Webster, May 6, 1842. 



Same to Same, Nov. 29, 1842. Both are in manuscript in the 

 Bureau of Indices and Archives, State Department, Washington, 

 D. C. 



These are two letters bearing on the first Chino-British War. 

 Fanning, Edmund. 



Voyages to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific Oceans, China 

 Sea, North West Coast, Feejee Islands, South Shetlands, etc., 

 etc. New York, 1838. 



This is a collection of voyages, largely taken from Fanning's 

 own journals. It covers the years from John Paul Jones and the 

 Serapis to 1837-8. It is largely of value here for three sketches 

 of voyages to the South Seas for sandalwood, etc., and for its 

 memorials to Congress. 

 Fanning, Edmund. 



Voyages Round the World, with selected sketches of Voyages 

 to the South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, etc., 

 performed under the Command and Agency of the Author. 

 Information Relating to Important Discoveries between the 

 Years 1 792-1832. New York, 1833. 



