Early Relations hctzvcen the United States and China. 195 



Richardson, F. A., and Bennett, W. A, 



Baltimore Past and Present, with Biographical Sketches of its 

 Representative Men. Baltimore, 1871. 



This contains an Historical Sketch of the city by H. Mayer, a 

 former president of the Maryland Historical Society, and it is 

 this which is of use here. 

 RiTTER, Abraham. 



Philadelphia and Her I^erchants as Constituted Fifty to 

 Seventy Years ago. Philadelphia, i860. 



This contains quite a mass of material useful for Philadel- 

 phia's share in the China trade. It is drawn largely from the 

 memory of the author and of his acquaintances, and must be used 

 with care. In the Astor Library. 

 Saltonstall, Leverett. 



Memoir of Robert Bennett Forbes. 



In Mass. Hist'l Society's Proceedings, 2d series, 6 : 197-202. 



This seems to be drawn largely from Forbes' published works. 

 Sargent, A. J. 



Anglo-Chinese Commerce and Diplomacy. (Mainly in the 

 Nineteenth Century.) Oxford, 1907. 



This contains occasional mention of early American trade 

 with China. See especially pp. 18, 19, 29, 30, 41. 

 ScHouLER, James. 



History of the United States of America under the Constitu- 

 tion. Volume IV, 1831-1841. Washington, 1889. 



This gives on pages 436, 437, an account of Cushing's appoint- 

 ment, unfavorable to Webster. 

 Schuyler, Eugene. 



American Diplomacy and the Furtherance of Commerce. New 

 York, 1886. 



There is a summary of the diplomacy over the Russian advances 

 on the Northwest Coast on pages 292-305. 



In the Boston Athenaeum. 

 Seybert, Adam. 



Statistical Annals : Embracing Views of the Population, Com- 

 merce, Navigation, Fisheries, Public Lands, Post Office Estab- 

 lishment, Revenues, Mint .... of the United States of 

 America, founded on Official Documents. Philadelphia, 1818. 

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