Early Relations hetzvcen the United States and China. 149 



After March 11, 1799, they gave tlie names of all vessels 

 clearing for foreign ports. The dates covered by the books are 

 June, 1798-Apr. 12, 1800; Apr. 12, 1800-Nov. 6, 1802; Oct. i, 

 1804-July 29, 1809; Jan. 2, i8i8-Oct. i, 1819; 1 829-1 83 1 ; 

 1832; 1836; Apr. I, 1844-Mar. 31, 1847. 



Proceedings of the Board of Missions of the Domestic and 

 Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Epis- 

 copal Church in the United States of America. 

 See especially those published in New York, 1836-1841. 

 The references to China, as a rule a summary of the year's 

 operations there, are for 1836, p. 94; for 1838, pp. 76, yy; for 

 1839, pp. 83-86; for 1840, pp. 57-60; for 1841, pp. 58-59. 



Providence Custom House. 



Impost Books of the Providence Custom House. 



Books A, B, C, 1827, and D, are in the Rhode Island Historical 

 Society. Copies of A and B are in the Custom House. It is 

 possible through these, which cover all the years between 1790 

 and 1844, to determine the names, consignees, and the duties 

 paid by all the ships which entered this port from China during 

 this period. 

 Salem Custom House. 



Impost Books of the Salem Custom House. In the Salem Cus- 

 tom House. These give information concerning Salem's trade 

 with China. 

 Salem Custom House. 



Digest of the Duties of the Salem Custom House. In the 

 Salem Custom House. Book I, 1789-1851, is a more convenient 

 summary for our purpose than the impost books. 

 Annual Reports of the Seaman's Friend Society. 



See especially the first sixteen of these, published annually, 

 New York, 1829- 1844. They give information about the chap- 

 laincy for sailors at Canton. 

 Thwaites, Reuben Gold. [Editor.] 



The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents. Travels and 

 Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610- 

 1791. Cleveland, c. 1900. 



This is used here for notices regarding the discovery of ginseng 

 in Canada by the Jesuits. 



