A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.

America's first adventure in China : trade, treaties, opium, and salvation / John R. Haddad.

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America's first adventure in China : trade, treaties, opium, and salvation / John R. Haddad.

A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.