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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing)	88	0	Browse	Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight)	31	1	Browse	Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 27, 1860., [Electronic resource]	14	0	Browse	Search
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William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2	6	0	Browse	Search
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Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir	4	0	Browse	Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Foreign news. (search)

mperor should be burned to the ground, as it was the spot where some of the cruelties towards the prisoners had been perpetrated. Proclamations were posted in Pekin informing the people of the measures that were to be taken, and the reasons for their adoption. The gardens, palaces, temples and pagodas occupied a space of ed exceeds £2,000,000, exclusive of the buildings. The Chinese were brought to terms on other points by proclamations from Sir Hope Grant, threatening to sack Pekin. On the day peace was signed, Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant entered Pekin, accompanied by an escort of six hundred men and one hundred officers of regiments. Pekin, accompanied by an escort of six hundred men and one hundred officers of regiments. Lord Elgin was carried in his State chair by the Chinese, dressed in scarlet. Sir Robert Napier's division lined the streets as Lord Elgin passed, and followed at intervals, taking up a strategical position in case of treachery. His lordship was received by Prince Kung. Lord Elgin's manner was stern and calm. He motioned Kung t

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