Actions for Merchants of the United States at Canton, China. Memorial of R.B. Forbes and others, American citizens, merchants in Canton, China, for a commercial agent to be sent out to China to negotiate, if possible, a commercial treaty, with a naval force for the protection of the persons resident there, and property belonging to citizens of the United States. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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