Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The George Washington Heard papers contain transcripts of letters that George wrote to his parents and friends during his trip to China as private secretary for the American delegation at the negotiation of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1859 and the subsequent "Chinese Expedition" in 1860. The papers also contain a transcript of George's diary that he kept during that same trip. There are two copies of the diary dated May 18, 1859, and two copies of the diary dated September 21, 1859. It is...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The George Washington Heard papers contain transcripts of letters that George wrote to his parents and friends during his trip to China as private secretary for the American delegation at the negotiation of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1859 and the subsequent "Chinese Expedition" in 1860. The papers also contain a transcript of George's diary that he kept during that same trip. There are two copies of the diary dated May 18, 1859, and two copies of the diary dated September 21, 1859. It is...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The George Washington Heard papers contain transcripts of letters that George wrote to his parents and friends during his trip to China as private secretary for the American delegation at the negotiation of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1859 and the subsequent "Chinese Expedition" in 1860. The papers also contain a transcript of George's diary that he kept during that same trip. There are two copies of the diary dated May 18, 1859, and two copies of the diary dated September 21, 1859. It is...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The George Washington Heard papers contain transcripts of letters that George wrote to his parents and friends during his trip to China as private secretary for the American delegation at the negotiation of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1859 and the subsequent "Chinese Expedition" in 1860. The papers also contain a transcript of George's diary that he kept during that same trip. There are two copies of the diary dated May 18, 1859, and two copies of the diary dated September 21, 1859. It is...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The George Washington Heard papers contain transcripts of letters that George wrote to his parents and friends during his trip to China as private secretary for the American delegation at the negotiation of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1859 and the subsequent "Chinese Expedition" in 1860. The papers also contain a transcript of George's diary that he kept during that same trip. There are two copies of the diary dated May 18, 1859, and two copies of the diary dated September 21, 1859. It is...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The George Washington Heard papers contain transcripts of letters that George wrote to his parents and friends during his trip to China as private secretary for the American delegation at the negotiation of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1859 and the subsequent "Chinese Expedition" in 1860. The papers also contain a transcript of George's diary that he kept during that same trip. There are two copies of the diary dated May 18, 1859, and two copies of the diary dated September 21, 1859. It is...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The George Washington Heard papers contain transcripts of letters that George wrote to his parents and friends during his trip to China as private secretary for the American delegation at the negotiation of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1859 and the subsequent "Chinese Expedition" in 1860. The papers also contain a transcript of George's diary that he kept during that same trip. There are two copies of the diary dated May 18, 1859, and two copies of the diary dated September 21, 1859. It is...