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- 1913-1917 (Creation)
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1 folder
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Lancelot Lawford worked for the Chinese Maritime Customs in Shanghai and Peking at a period of political instability and fighting following the Chinese revolution of 1911 and the establishment of a republic.
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GB 0102 MS 380683 1913-1917 Collection (fonds) 1 folder Lawford , Lancelot , fl 1913-1917 , employee of the Chinese Maritime Customs
Lancelot Lawford worked for the Chinese Maritime Customs in Shanghai and Peking at a period of political instability and fighting following the Chinese revolution of 1911 and the establishment of a republic.
This material was presented by Nigel Lawford in 1997.
Photocopies of nine letters of Lancelot Lawford to his wife (unnamed) from Shanghai, 1913, and Peking (Beijing), 1917, describing political and military events in China.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English
Unpublished handlist and database.
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Apr 2002 Beijing Beijing Shi China Chinese Maritime Customs x Imperial Maritime Customs Civil war East Asia International trade Lawford , Lancelot , fl 1913-1917 , employee of the Chinese Maritime Customs Political movements Shanghai Shanghai Shi Trade Trade (practice)
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This material was presented by Nigel Lawford in 1997.
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Photocopies of nine letters of Lancelot Lawford to his wife (unnamed) from Shanghai, 1913, and Peking (Beijing), 1917, describing political and military events in China.
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Unrestricted.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Unpublished handlist and database.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English