File:Scroll from the Kuang-hsü Emperor of China to the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland.jpg

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Scroll from the Kuang-hsü Emperor of China to the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland

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Description This item is a scroll from the Kuang-hsü Emperor of China to President Grover Cleveland, written in both Manchu and Chinese characters. The characters are written in black ink on a yellow background. The background color of the scroll was created using gamboge, a dark mustard yellow pigment. Decorating the border of the scroll are repeated dragon designs. In the center of the scroll is a seal stamped in red ink. In the scroll, the Emperor of China accredits Chang Yen Hoon as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. The scroll was scheduled to be presented to President Cleveland by Chang on April 29, 1886. The scroll was wrapped in a "Textile Wrapper for Scroll from the Kuang-hsü Emperor of China to the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, ca. 1885" (ARC Identifier 5716507). A translation of the scroll is available in the "Note from Chinese Ambassador Chang Yen Hoon to Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard, April 24, 1886" (ARC Identifier 5716502).
Date November 6, 1885–November 6, 1885 光緒十一年十月初一日
Source https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5716741?objectPage=1
Author Guangxu Emperor

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