i6o Kenneth S. Latourette, 



4. JOURNALS, DIARIES, CONTEMPORARY DESCRIPTIONS, 

 CORRESPONDENCE, AND NARRATIVES OF VOYAGES. 



Abeel, David. 



Journal of a Residence in China and the Neighboring Coun- 

 tries, with a PreHminary Essay on the Commencement and 

 Progress of Missions in the World. New York, 1836. (ist Ed., 

 New York, 1834.) 



This is the personal narrative, kept day by day, of the man 

 who shares with Bridgman the honor of being the first American 

 missionary to China. 

 Adams, John Quincy. 



Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, Comprising Portions of His 

 Diary from 1795 to 1848, edited by Charles Francis Adams. 

 Philadelphia, 1876. 



This is a source for the negotiations with Russia over the 

 Northwest Coast, and for the preliminaries of the Cushing mis- 

 sion to China. 

 The American Review. 



4: 392 et sqq., New York, Oct., 1846. 



This is of use here for the current impressions of China. 

 Correspondence of the American Baptist Missionary 

 Union. 



Mss. in their rooms in Boston. 



Special use has been made of the files containing the letters to 

 and from Mrs. and Mr. Shuck, and I. J. Roberts. 

 Correspondence of the American Board of Commissioners 

 OF Foreign Missions. 



Mss. in their Library in Boston, Mass. 



See especially the files marked Foreign, vols, i, 2, and 3, which 

 contain the letters of the Board and of its secretaries, to the 

 missionaries, and the two volumes marked "Correspondence 

 from the Field," "China, 1831-1837," and "China, 1838-1844." 

 The letters are numbered according to their order in the files. 

 Barnard, Charles. 



A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Captain 

 Charles W. Barnard in a Voyage Round the World during the 

 years, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, and 1816. New York, 1829. 



