Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, sobre os 27 ingleses que vão a Cantão para apanhar um navio de mercadorias para o regresso à sua pátria
This abstract describes a Qing dynasty administrative document dated 14 September 1745 (Qianlong 10th year, 9th month), issued by the Office of the Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Left Subprefectural Administrator. The document records the second official response to a memorial submitted by t...
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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1745-09-29
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| Subjects: |
British subjects in Qing China
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Guangdong Provincial Administration
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Hóngmáo yí
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Macau Yimu
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Mercantile firms in Qing Guangdong
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Qianlong era
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Qing Dynasty administrative document
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Repatriation procedures
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Sino-Portuguese local governance
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Travel permits in Qing China
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Xiangshan County Magistracy
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/IWJXNNEC/viewer_IWJXNNEC.html |
| Summary: | This abstract describes a Qing dynasty administrative document dated 14 September 1745 (Qianlong 10th year, 9th month), issued by the Office of the Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Left Subprefectural Administrator. The document records the second official response to a memorial submitted by the Macau *Yí mù*—foreign headmen or overseers of foreign residents—including Anluduo and others—on behalf of twenty-seven British subjects (designated in contemporary Qing terminology as *Hóngmáo yí*, or ‘red-haired foreigners’), among them one named Chuimàlāfèi, who had taken refuge in Macau and sought official travel permits (*zhào*) to board merchant vessels bound for Guangzhou (Canton) for repatriation. The directive notes that while the Guangdong Provincial Military and Civil Administration (*Jūnmín Fǔ*) transmitted the petition, it lacked essential particulars: the identity of the vessel’s owner or master, the vessel’s name, and the mercantile firm (*háng*) under which it was registered. Consequently, the Xiangshan office orders the *Yí mù* to investigate and report these details within three days, stipulating that formal travel permits will only be issued upon verification and subsequent provincial approval. The document reflects Qing bureaucratic procedures governing foreign movement, trade logistics, and administrative accountability in the Pearl River Delta during the mid-eighteenth century. |
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