Journal of [A]eneas Anderson, 1792-1793 (inclusive).

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Journal of [A]eneas Anderson, 1792-1793 (inclusive).

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Journal entries record the embassy of Lord Macartney that attempted to establish the first British diplomatic contact with China. Notes correspond to to published reports of the mission, one of them issued under the name of Aeneas Anderson.

4 p.

Harvard University, Harvard-Yenching Library

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Harvard University, Harvard-Yenching Library

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Anderson, Aeneas

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Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806

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A member of an old Scots-Irish family, Macartney studied at Trinity College (M.A., 1759) in Dublin. He was knighted and appointed envoy extraordinary to Russia in 1764 and, on his return, entered Parliament, becoming chief secretary for Ireland (1769-72). In 1775 he became governor of the Caribbee Islands (Grenada, the Grenadines, and Tobago), being created an Irish baron in 1776, and from 1780 to 1786 he served as governor of Madras. After being created a viscount (1792), he was sent to China t...