Wednesday, October 22, 2008
098. The Documents Related to the Empress of China
On February 22, 1784, the Empress of China, the first commercial ship of the United States, that reached the shore of China, left for Guangzhou (Canton). Robert Morris, then Financial Minister of the New Nation, organized and financed the great sail. The Papers of Robbert Morris tells you the the origin of the trip.
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