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(CHINA) IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS
(CHINA) IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS
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(CHINA) IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS EDWARD BANGS DREW (1843-1924) Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs of China. The Chinese Emperor conferred on him the button of the Second Rank in the decoration of the Double Dragon. A.L.S. ""Edw. B. Drew "" 1p. 8vo. [Peking] to ""Mrs. Martin"". In part: ""...You see before you my servant bearing - my voice fails for further utterance. Intercede with Dr. Martin to spare my life. I can ask nothing more. With a thousand self-reproaches for carelessness - ten thousand apologies…"" This letter comes from the autograph album of Mrs. W.A.P. Martin. Her husband William A.P. Martin (1827-1916) was a well known American Presbyterian missionary in China.
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