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of isolation at Tonghong while the Plenipotentiaries
of
other Powers were residing at Shanghai a place not only considerably removed from Hongkong but also one popeping much greater facilities for direct communication with the Court at Peking.
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Your first Obedient
humble Servant
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Mr. Meriale
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stating that
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