Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Yang, ao procurador de Macau, sobre as participações dos navios n.º 22 e outros que não foram tratadas, a saída do porto de Macau para Manila
This archival document is an official summons issued by the Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Yang, addressed to the Portuguese authorities in Macau, concerning regulatory compliance for two Chinese merchant vessels—numbered 22 and 7—intended for commercial trade with Luzon (the Philippines). Dated 29...
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1776?
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/7WKVZP4W/viewer_7WKVZP4W.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an official summons issued by the Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Yang, addressed to the Portuguese authorities in Macau, concerning regulatory compliance for two Chinese merchant vessels—numbered 22 and 7—intended for commercial trade with Luzon (the Philippines). Dated 29 February of the current year according to the main text, the notice references prior reporting by the Grain Administration and acknowledges receipt of communication from the Customs Department. It records the failure of foreign superintendents to report the vessels’ departure dates, deeming this omission highly irregular. The summons mandates immediate submission—by the present day—to an official messenger of: (1) the scheduled departure date and a full inventory of all artillery and firearms aboard; and (2) the complete names of all European and non-European personnel on board. The document bears multiple archival marks, including a circular red seal identifying the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (1907), a faint rectangular stamp with illegible East Asian script, and a square seal with indistinct Chinese characters in dark blue or black ink. Marginalia indicate a possible earlier dating to the twentieth day of the second month of the forty-first year of the Qianlong reign (1776), though this conflicts chronologically with the 1907 seal and the Gregorian date of 29 February; the numerical annotation ‘T52’ and marginal figure ‘164’ are also present. The sheet exhibits significant physical deterioration, including fragmentation, foxing, and water staining. |
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