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Merchant Li Lin's petition to the Manager of Lesers.E.D.Sassoon
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Petitioner begs respectfully to infor: you that on the 9th day
of the present moon, he returned to Shok Loong from Hongko g, wishing to recover the two chests of opium, one Patna and the other Benares, and hoping that the matter would come to a settle- mont..
Unexpectedly the branch office of the Kwong Yuan General Office at Shek Long knew of his return, end secretly offered a reward of $50/- for the arrest of your petitioner. Fortunately your petitioner's friends gave him this information, and en- abled him to got to a place of safety without being within the grasp of the farmer's representatives' hands. How your petition-
er feels it very inconvenient for him to go in and out, and he
dares not to go here and there carolessly. de specially writes you this letter for your information, and begs you to settle
the matter amicably on his behalf, and to restore to him the
original two chests of opium (one Patna and the other Benares)
containing 80 balls, so that he may regain his capital, and do
business aqusual. Your Petitioner will ever be grateful for
your great kindne83. With Compliments.
17/9/10.
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