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...Macartney's trip was the first British effort to form political relations with the Far Eastern nation. The diplomat was sent to China by King George III of England in 1792, according to the latest issue of a Harvard Library newsletter which reports Lum's find...
...prepared a rough transcription of Macartney's notes, which are composed on both sides of two sheets...
...notes, which begin on September 29, 1792 and appear to be part of a larger journal, chronicle the scenery, wildlife and weather viewed by Macartney during his stay in China...
...addition, Macartney's work is in the form of an eyewitness account. It is much like a diary, and not too many manuscripts of this kind exist," added...
...name "Acneas Anderson," heads the first of the four pages. Lum said that he did not at first know who Anderson was, but after consulting a scholarly review off Macartney's journal he discovered that Anderson was Macartney's personal servant during the mission...