Chinese Serial, Vol. II No. 6
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 41, Folder: 1
Identifier: GTM-0061
"Chinese Serial", a newspaper in Chinese printed at the English missionary school Ying Wa College in Hong Kong, with a table of contents in English showing recent major events around the world, and a map of the two hemispheres. The volume was originally stab-bound with twisted paper ties, now disbound. The front page displays a Riggs Library stamp and the written name "Capt. J. Pope / U.S.S. Vandalia".
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.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Chinese
GTM-0061 was at some time prior to 1970 housed with the wooden map box of the Nicholas Cleary Collection, GTM-0020, and counted among its contents. Curatorial file found with the Nicholas Cleary Collection.
John Pope (1798-1876) served as the Commander of the U.S.S. Vandalia from 1852-1855, and as Captain from 1855 to 1856. In 1853 the Vandalia was assigned to the East India Squadron under Commodore Perry, and in 1854 it was present in Japan for the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened Edo Japan to foreign trade. In 1855 and 1856, Pope was "in charge of protecting American interests at Hong Kong and Canton during revolutionary troubles there." Having briefly taken command of the squadron in 1856, he was given orders to return to Boston. Pope retired from the Navy in 1869.
Source: Naval History and Heritage Command; https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pope-i.html
While it is possible that GTM-0061 was part of Cleary's gift to Georgetown, it is not indicated in his description of the gift of 1860 written on the map box that is part of the Cleary Collection.
Disbound, good condition overall. Evidence of the original paper-tie binding remains.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository