Early Relations hctiveen the United States and China. 151 



United States. 



Statistical View of the United States. . . . Being a Com- 

 pendium of the Seventh Census, by J. D. DeBow. Washington, 



1854- 



Page 188 gives a brief summary of the United States' trade 

 with China from 1790 on. 



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Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America, 

 from the Signing of the Definite Treaty of Peace, Sept. 10, 1783, 

 to tlie Adoption of the Constitution, Mar. 4, 1789. Washington, 



1834. 



This is used for the letters of Samuel Shaw contained in vol. 7. 

 All of these letters are in the appendix of Shaw's Journals as well. 



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Executive Document No. 119, i Sess., 26 Cong. A message 

 of the President, Feb. 25, 1840, in response to resolutions of 

 Feb. 7, 1840, transmitting information about the condition of 

 American citizens in China. 



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Executive Document No. 34, 26th Congress, 2d Session. 



Documents giving information about the American Commerce 

 with China conveyed by the President's message of December 

 29, 1840, asked for by the Resolutions of December 23d, 1840. 

 United States. 



Executive Document No. 71, 2 Sess., 26 Congress. 



This contains papers relating to the Terranova Affair. 



United States. 



Executive Document No. 35, 3 Sess., 27 Cong. 



This is the message of the President, Dec. 30, 1842, about 

 China and the Sandwich Islands. 

 United States. 



Executive Document No. 40, i Sess., 26 Cong. 



This is a memorial of R. B. Forbes and others asking for a 

 commercial agent for China with power to negotiate a commercial 

 treaty with China, May 25, 1839. 

 United States. 



Executive Document No. 170, i Sess., 26 Cong. 



This is a memorial of Thomas H. Perkins and others urging 



