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        "title": "RAS-1964",
        "content_text": "24\n\nApril 9\n\nW. C. HUNTER\n\nAt times in passing up our neighbors' Factories we find the merchants occupied in all sorts of domestic matters, some in the kitchen boiling rice, another milking a cow, one setting the table or cleaning it off, another washing plates or sweeping the room and in other offices of a like nature. I must say, however, that the foreigners deserve great credit for their patience, and their cheerfulness and courage under all the trying circumstances in which we are placed merit every commendation. The Chinese stationed to guard us seem surprised at our indifference to the restraint imposed upon us and wonder that our spirits and courage have not been long since subdued, but if ever matters are carried to worse extremities than they now are, I think they will find us unflinching.\n\nI do not pretend to say but that we are all in a state of great uncertainty and even somewhat in dread as to the termination of this business but we endeavor to conceal all such feelings from the soldiers and coolies surrounding us.\n\nToday we had a supply of spring water brought in and a quantity of grass for the cows. Gave two bottles of port wine to the mandarin at the Hoppo House.\n\nWednesday, 10 April\n\nNight before last the Kwang Chow Foo27, the Kam (Nam?) Hay Hue28, the Pwan Yu Hue29 and a special messenger from the Commissioner came to the Consoo House and an interview took place between them and the Dutch and American Consuls, Messrs Wetmore, Forbes, Delano, and King, and Fearon30 as interpreter. Their business was relative to a bond that was required from all foreigners to the effect that any opium arriving here within six months must be given up and, with the vessel, confiscated to government, and that after that period any person or persons who brought it for sale, or to deal in, must willingly surrender himself or themselves to the laws and be beheaded. The Kwang Chow Foo at first was determined to have it at all risks and threatened to detain the whole party unless it was given at once as he dared not go inside the city and see the Commissioner without it. All, however, persisted in not giving the bond for the best of reasons, that it might be made use of hereafter and acted upon if mere suspicion was attached to any person, besides",
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        "document_key": "RAS-1982",
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        "title": "RAS-1982",
        "content_text": "62\n\nJ. H. HAAN\n\nAPPENDIX\n\nMUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP 1849-1865\n\nNote: Dates after the term of office refer to the Public Meeting at which the Municipal Council was elected.\n\n  \n    Members\n    Firm\n    Nationality\n  \n  \n    \n    Russell & Co. Rathbones\n    American\nBritish\n  \n  \n    1851 (June)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    MacVicar & Co.\nJ. M. Smith & Co.\nWetmore & Co.\n    American\nBritish\nAmerican\n  \n  \n    1849 (March) — 1850 (August)\n(10.3.1849)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    John N. Alsop Griswold\nThomas Moncreiff\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    1850 (August)\n(2.8.1850)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Hector C. R. MacDuff\nJ. Mackrill Smith\nOliver Everett Roberts\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    1851 (June) — 1852 (May)\n(14.6.1851)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Edward Langley Clement\nD. Nye\nWilliam Seton Brown\n    Oriental Bank\nBull, Nye & Co. Rathbones\n    British\nAmerican\nBritish\n  \n  \n    1852 (May) — 1853 (July)\n(25.5.1852)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    William Hogg\nEdward Cunningham (Chairman)\n    Russell & Co.\n    American\n  \n  \n    \n    Lindsay & Co.\nBlenkin, Rawson & Co.\n    British\nBritish\n  \n  \n    William Kay\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    1853 (July) — 1854 (July)\n(21.7.1853)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    William Shephard Wetmore\n    Wetmore & Co.\n    American\n  \n  \n    \n    Shaw, Bland & Co.\n    British?\n  \n  \n    (Chairman)\nJohn Hammond Winch\nJ. Caldecott Smith\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    1854 (July) — 1855 (March)\n(11.7.1854)\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    William Seton Brown (Chairman) x\nDavid O. King (Treasurer) x\nEdward Cunningham\nCharles A. Fearon\nWilliam Kay\nDr. Walter Henry Medhurst x\nJohn Skinner\n    Dent, Beale & Co.\nBirley, Worthington & Co.\nKing & Co.\nRussell & Co.\nAug. Heard & Co.\nBlenkin, Rawson & Co.\nLondon Missionary Society\nGibb, Livingston & Co.\n    British\nBritish\n?\nAmerican\nAmerican\nBritish\nBritish\nBritish\n  \n\nNote: In March 1855 only those members marked \"x\" were still in office,\nplus: H.C.R. MacDuff,",
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        "content_text": "63\n\nNationality\n\nMembers\n\n1855 (March)—1856 (January)\n\n(23.3.1855)\n\nWilliam Shephard Wetmore\n\nWilliam Thorburn\n\nWilliam Herbert Vacher\n\nHenry Alexander Ince\n\nClement D. Nye\n\n1856 (January)—1857 (January)\n\n(14.1.1856)\n\nGeorge Griswold Gray\n\n  \n    Firm\n    Nationality\n  \n  \n    Wetmore & Co.\n    American\n  \n  \n    Hargreaves & Co.\n    British\n  \n  \n    Gilman, Bowman, Dent, Beale & Co.\n    American\n  \n  \n    Bull, Nye & Co.\n    British\n  \n  \n    (Treasurer)\n    \n  \n  \n    James Lawrence Man\n    \n  \n  \n    Andrew Arch. Ranken\n    \n  \n\n1857 (January) — 1858 (February)\n\n(31.1.1857)\n\nGeorge Watson Coutts\n\nHugh Bold Gibb\n\nCharles W. Orne\n\n  \n    Russell & Co.\n    American\n  \n  \n    Geo. Barnet & Co.\n    ?\n  \n  \n    Smith, Kennedy & Co.\n    British\n  \n  \n    Watson & Co.\n    British\n  \n  \n    Gibb, Livingston & Co.\n    British\n  \n  \n    Russell & Co.\n    American\n  \n\nNote: In February 1858 G. W. Coutts is no longer mentioned as member.\n\n1858 (February) — 1859 (February)\n\n(4.2.1858)\n\nWilliam Wetmore Cryder\n\nHugh Bold Gibb\n\nJohn Thorne\n\nNote: In February 1859 only J. Thorne is mentioned as member.\n\n1859 (February) — 1860 (February)\n\n(31.1.1859)\n\nRobert Reid (Chairman)\n\nWilliam Wetmore Cryder\n\n  \n    Wetmore, Williams & Co.\n    American\n  \n  \n    Gibb, Livingston & Co.\n    British\n  \n  \n    ?\n    ?\n  \n  \n    Birley, Worthington & Co.\n    British\n  \n  \n    (Treasurer)\n    \n  \n  \n    Hubert Marshall Murray Gray\n    \n  \n  \n    Wetmore, Williams & Co.\n    American\n  \n  \n    Smith, Kennedy & Co.\n    British\n  \n\n1860 (February) — 1861 (February)\n\n(15.2.1860)\n\nRowland Hamilton (Chairman)\n\n  \n    Smith, Kennedy & Co.\n    British\n  \n\nJames Whitlow (Treasurer)\n\nRichard R. Tyers\n\n  \n    Holliday, Wise & Co.\n    British\n  \n\n2\n\n  \n    British\n    2\n  \n\n1861 (February) — 1862 (April)\n\n(2.2.1861)\n\nWilliam Howard (Chairman)\n\nJ. Priestley Tate (Treasurer)\n\nChartered Bank\n\nBlain, Tate & Co.\n\n  \n    William Shephard Wetmore\n    British\n  \n  \n    ?\n    ?\n  \n  \n    Wetmore, Williams & Co.\n    American\n  \n\nNote: In April 1862 only J. P. Tate is mentioned as member.",
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        "document_key": "RAS-1984",
        "page_number": 233,
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        "content_text": "212\n\nJ.H. HAAN\n\nCRYDER, William Wetmore 1858-1859, 1859-1860\n\nJunior partner in Wetmore & Co.;23 from May 25, 1857 partner in Wetmore, Williams & Co.24\n\nCUNNINGHAM, Edward 1852-1853, 1854-1855\n\nBorn 1823, died 1889.\n\nMercantile assistant Russell & Co. 1845-1849; partner 1850-1857, 1861-1863 and 1867-1877;25 part of 1849 and in 1850 he stayed in Canton,26\n\nUnited States Consul 1851-1854; Consul for Sweden and Norway 1853-1864.27\n\nMember Recreation Ground Committee 1861;28 trustee British Episcopal Church 1863;29 member of the NCBRAS, as resident until 1870,30 as non-resident until 1877,31\n\nMember Committees I, III, IV, VI and VII.\n\nApart from his political functions, Cunningham's philanthropic attitude was praised from several sides. Cordier called him \"one of the most public-spirited men Shanghai has ever known\"32 and S.W. Williams dedicated the fifth edition of his \"Commercial Guide\" to \"Edward Cunningham Esq. of Shanghai (...) as a mark of respect for his character as a philanthropist and merchant (...)\".\n\nAt the time of his return to the United States he took with him a large bell which is now in the possession of the Museum of the American China Trade, Milton.33\n\nLater a street was named after him (Cunningham Road). Portraits. Author.34\n\n315\n\nDENT, Henry 1863-1864, 1864-1865\n\nPartner in Dent & Co. from July 1, 1860.36\n\nConsul for Portugal 1863-1865.37\n\nMember of the Commission Provisoire that ran the French Concession 1865-1866.38\n\nTrustee British Episcopal Church 1863, treasurer Recreation Fund 1863-1865;40 trustee Chinese Hospital 1865.41\n\nTreasurer NCBRAS 1864,42\n\nMember Committees IV and IX.",
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        "content_text": "220\n\nJ.H. HAAN\n\nMember Committee Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society 1858.179\n\nROBERTS, Oliver Everett 1850-1851\n\n181\n\nResident of Shanghai since 1850, before that of Canton.180 Partnership in Wetmore & Co., temporarily suspended to be renewed April 30, 1854.182\n\nMember Committee Shanghai Library 1852;183 member Committee to study the erection of a new building for the Shanghai Library 1852.184\n\nRODGERS, J. Kearney (or Kearny) 1863-1864\n\nHe is mentioned as “secretary” at the time of the issue of shares in the Shanghai Tug and Lighter Company, 1864.185\n\nSKINNER, John 1854-1855\n\n186\n\nResident of Canton from 1840, 1848 in Shanghai, then again in Canton.\n\n187\n\nPartner in Gibb, Livingston & Co. interest in which ceased December 26, 1856.188\n\nSMITH, J. Caldecott 1853-1854\n\nLived in China from 1843, as early as 1844 in Shanghai. Employed by Dent, Beale & Co.190\n\n189\n\nHe was involved in the escape of taotai Wu from the Shanghai native city when it was occupied by rebels in September 1853.191\n\nSMITH, J. Mackrill 1850-1851\n\n193\n\n192\n\nEmployed by Bell & Co. at Canton from 1840;193 Shanghai 1848 as J.M. Smith & Co., from December 20, 1851 as Smith, King & Co.\n\n194\n\nHe also sold \"superior pale sherry, port and Madeira\"195 and was a broker,196\n\nPartnership ceased December 31, 1853.197 After the death of Henry Shearman, 1856, he was, as his executor, publisher and editor of the North China Herald for one month.198",
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        "content_text": "222\n\nJ.H. HAAN\n\nTYERS, Richard R. 1860-1861\n\nEmployed by King & Co., 1855,217 Trustee Chinese Hospital 1865.218 Member Committee VI and VII.\n\nVACHER, William Herbert 1855-1856\n\n219\n\n220\n\nLived from 1844 in Canton,221 later Shanghai where he was authorized to sign for Gilman, Bowman & Co. from August 9, 1851;222 interest ceased July 2, 1860.223\n\nMember Committee to study the erection of a new building for the Shanghai Library, 1852.224\n\nMember Committee II.\n\nWETMORE, William Shephard 1853-1854, 1855-1856, 1861-1862\n\n225\n\nPartner in Wetmore & Co., from September 1, 1852,226 as from May 29, 1857 Wetmore, Williams & Co. Member of the NCBRAS till 1882.227\n\nHe still lived in Shanghai in 1890 as partner in Frazar & Co.228 Author.\n\n229\n\nWHITLOW, James 1860-1861\n\nAuthorized to sign for Holliday, Wise & Co. from March 13, 1856;230 partner January 1, 1863.231\n\nWIETERS, August 1863-1864\n\n232\n\nAuthorized to sign for the German firm of Harkort & Co. from November 23, 1861.233\n\nSource Notes\n\nAbbreviations:\n\nBS: Bibliotheca Sinica (by Henri Cordier)\n\nCK: Chinese Repository\n\nJNCBRAS: Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society\n\nNCDHL: North China Desk Hong List",
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