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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2011
Late in November, 1867, Anson Burlingame resigned his post as U. S. Minister to China and accepted the invitation of the Tsungli Yamen to take part in China's first diplomatic mission to the Treaty Powers. The minister's party left Peking on November 25, 1867. The second day out of Peking there occurred the exciting adventure described in this letter.
The letter writer was Burlingame's sixteen-year old son, Walter Anson, and the “Dear Grandpa” to whom the letter was written was the Hon. Isaac Livermore of Boston. The letter is reproduced as it was written except for the omission of some irrelevant material at the end. Modern versions of place names, when identifiable, are given in brackets. The spelling and grammar are Walter's.
1 The standard account of the Burlingame Mission is Williams, F. W., Anson Burlingame and the first Chinese mission to foreign powers (New York: Chas. Scribners Sons, 1912)Google Scholar. Results of more recent research are given in: Biggerstaff, K., “A translation of Anson Burlingame's instructions from the Chinese foreign office,” Far Eastern Quarterly, 1 (May 1942), 277–279Google Scholar; and Walsh, W. B., ”The beginnings of the Burlingame mission,” Far Eastern Quarterly, 4 (May, 1945) 274–277Google Scholar.
2 i.e., The Burlingame Misson.