Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Yao, ao procurador de Macau, sobre dois mercadores estrangeiros que foram roubados por Rong Ya-Zhi e outros
This is a Qing dynasty imperial edict issued on the 22nd day of the seventh month in the 41st year of the Qianlong reign (1776), originating from the office of the Magistrate Yang of a Guangdong prefecture and bearing multiple official seals, including the ‘Seal of Yang, Magistrate of the Prefecture...
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1776-09-04
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/FWXZDVVX/viewer_FWXZDVVX.html |
| Summary: | This is a Qing dynasty imperial edict issued on the 22nd day of the seventh month in the 41st year of the Qianlong reign (1776), originating from the office of the Magistrate Yang of a Guangdong prefecture and bearing multiple official seals, including the ‘Seal of Yang, Magistrate of the Prefecture’, a circular ‘Chí Sù’ (‘Without Delay’) seal, and the imperial ‘Seal of the Qianlong Emperor’s Personal Calligraphy’. The document directs the foreign headman Mr. Macarotto to submit a formal written report concerning a theft case involving the merchants João Agostinho, Bartholomew Whalley, and Macdonell—referred to in the text as ‘Bardi Lihwada’ and ‘Macdonell’—specifying their nationalities, the nature and description of goods they brought for trade in Guangdong, and the precise duration of their residence in the province. The directive originates from an official instruction by the Provincial Judicial Commissioner (Ancha) and is endorsed by the Provincial Governor and Imperial Censor. Marginalia include numerical notations (‘323’, ‘T45’, ‘Ren 476’) and damaged sections—particularly a large irregular paper loss in the lower right corner and a torn, frayed bottom margin—obscuring portions of the text. The edict reflects Qing administrative procedures for managing foreign residents and commercial disputes in southern China during the late eighteenth century. |
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