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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 5 5 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, chapter 10 (search)
o was now the head of an imperial embassy from China,—a festivity remarkable for the distinction of its guests. Sumner had carried the treaty with China unanimously in the Senate, and had recently taken the lead in a formal reception to the Chinese embassy by that body. In his remarks at the dinner the senator compared the romantic career of Burlingame with that of Marco Polo. August 21; Works, vol. XII. pp. 502-509. Before completing his mission, Burlingame died at St. Petersburg, Feb. 23, 1870. Our government afterwards sought and obtained a modification of the treaty, sending a special commission to China for the purpose. To Bemis, September 22, from Washington:— There seems to be a new and favorable turn. Seward is sanguine, and Johnson writes that he shall settle everything. Nothing just yet, but everything very soon. The naturalization treaty comes first. Seward then expects a commission to hear and determine everything; therefore, the time is at hand for yo