Janus: Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Manuscripts/MS Parkes contains:
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28	Notes and memoranda
29	Miscellaneous papers
30	Personal papers
31	Charles George Gordon: Miscellaneous papers
32	Memoranda
33	Miscellaneous papers
34	Printed documents
35	Parliamentary printed papers
36	Pamphlets
37	Periodicals, press cuttings, articles and proofs
38	Maps
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Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Title	Miscellaneous papers
Reference	MS Parkes 33
Covering Dates	circa 1833-circa 1893
Extent and Medium	9 bundles

Content and context

Miscellaneous documents, including official, unofficial and personal correspondence; reports; memoranda; miscellaneous notes by Parkes; and other items.

Manuscripts/MS Parkes 33 contains:

Sonnet I. A copy of Robert Southey's 'Sonnet I' (1794), beginning 'Go Valentine and tell that lovely maid', undated (possibly 1833 or earlier), possibly in Parkes' hand. The manuscript has minor divergences from the text published in Robert Southey, 'Poems' (Bristol and London, 1797), including the transposition of the second and third quatrains. It is labelled 'These Lines were written and composed by your father and being addressed to your Mother I fancied you might like to have them-he was ever ready to compose on any occasion'.
1 folio; Fair condition, but torn..

circa 1833

Letter re trade in China. 'Extract from private Letter of Dr. B. to Major B. Sept. 10/49', concerning trade in China and related matters, undated.
1 bifolio.

circa 1849

Note for letters received. An undated note in Parkes' hand reading 'Letters Received 1851' and labelled in pencil 'China'.
1 folio.

circa 1852

Summary of treaty between Japan and Russia. A summary of the articles and supplementary engagements of the treaty between Japan and Russia signed at Shimoda on 7 February 1855, labelled in pencil 'Russia & Japan Undated C[atharine] L[ockhart]', undated, but the paper is watermarked 1855.
2 bifolios (tied together).

circa 1855

Letter to Georgie. A letter from Parkes to 'Georgie', dated 'Monday' (1855?), followed by a list of 'Harry's friends' on the reverse, written partly in Parkes' hand, including Sir John Patteson, Sir George Staunton, the Revd Gregory Birch Boraston (Vicar of Wendron) and the Revd Richard Wanstall (Rector of Norton Canes).
1 bifolio.

circa 1855

Letter from Comte Kleczkowski. A letter from Klewkowski (Comte Michel Alexandre Kleczkowski?), Macao, to 'My dear Consul' (Parkes?).
1 bifolio.

5 Nov. 1856

Summary of Canton mercantile debt cases. 'Summary of Civil suits for mercantile debts submitted to the intervention of the Chinese Authorities at Canton, from the year 1844 to [1853]': a table showing the names of parties, amounts of claims, dates of proceedings, and nature of settlements for 46 cases, undated (1856 or later), labelled 'Rough Copy'.
2 folios.

circa 1856

Wrapper for Bowring correspondence. An undated sheet, apparently used as a folder, labelled 'Sir J. Bowring Arrow 1856' and 'Private Correspondence with Sir John Bowring ... on Commencement of hostilities at Canton. October 1856'.
1 bifolio.

circa 1856

Letter from Marianne Plumer. An incomplete letter from Canons [at Stanmore Parva] to 'My very dear Grandson', 5 [or 15] February (1857?), possibly from Marianne, Lady Plumer, to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

circa 1857

Regulations for Canton Commissioners. 'Regulations to be observed by the Commissioners placed in charge of the City of Canton by the Allied Commanders in Chief ', dated 'Head Quarters' (Canton?), 7 January 1858. The commissioners may have been Parkes and Henri des Chesnez. The Allied Commanders were Sir Michael Seymour, Charles Rigault de Genouilly and Sir Charles Van Straubenzee. The sheet also contains 'Further Instructions for the Commissioners', undated. The document is signed by the Commanders-in-Chief, and includes notes in Parkes' hand.
1 bifolio.

1858

Translations of Chinese poems and prose. 'Translation of a Cantonese "Squib" upbraiding one of the officials for his covetousness': an English translation by Robert Hart of a lampoon in prose and verse against Lew Tae-yang (senior assistant of the Pwan-yu magistrate in Canton), 15 October 1858, 1 bifolio, including a drawing of a coffin and an explanatory note by Hart. There is also 'Translation of a Chinese Ballad found in the Western Suburbs': an English translation by Hart of a poem beginning 'Yeh and his deeds I sing, who all our troubles caused', including a textual note by Hart (1858?), 1 bifolio.
2 bifolios; Fair condition, but the first sheet is torn..

circa 1858

Letter to Canton Allied Commanders. A letter from Nicasio Cañete y Moral, Baron G. De Trenqualye, Oliver H. Perry, Charles Winchester, W.J. Bryans, and Richard von Carlowitz, Canton, to the Allied Commanders-in-Chief in Canton [Sir Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee, Sir James Hope and Monsieur D'Aboville].
3 bifolios (tied together).

11 Feb. 1860

Papers re Kowloon peninsula lease. Documents in Parkes' hand concerning the lease of the Kowloon peninsula by Great Britain from China:. Draft of a letter from Parkes, Canton, to Sir Charles Van Straubenzee, 24 February [1860], 5 folios. Draft of a 'Communication from Mr. Parkes to the Gov[erno]r General of the two Kwang [Lao Ch'ung-kuang]', Canton, 20 March 1860, 6 folios. Copy of 'Remarks' by Sir James Hope concerning the usefulness of the Kowloon peninsula for military preparations, c. 3 May 1860, 1 bifolio.
11 folios + 1 bifolio.

1860

Letter of credence. A copy of a letter of credence for Parkes as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan from Queen Victoria [to Tokugawa Iemochi], countersigned by John Russell, Earl Russell, dated Windsor, 28 March 1865, 1 bifolio, with an envelope franked by Russell.
1 bifolio + 1 envelope.

1865

Draft letter. A draft of a letter from Parkes to an unidentified recipient, possibly incomplete and possibly dating from between 1860 and 1865.
1 folio.

circa 1862

Letter from Laurence Oliphant. A copy of a letter from 35 Half Moon Street, London, to George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, 25 March 1866.
1 bifolio.

1866

Extract from Liddon's 'The Divinity of Our Lord'. '1st Napoleon's: declaration of his belief in the Redeemer from a note to one of Liddon's Sermons': an undated copy of a passage from Henry Liddon, 'The Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1866, on the Foundation of the Late Rev. John Bampton, M.A. Canon of Salisbury' (London, 1867), pp. 222-224.
1 bifolio.

circa 1867

Memorandum re Compagnie Française d'Exportation et d'Importation. A copy of a memorandum (in French) issued by the Société Générale pour Favoriser le Développement du Commerce et de l'Industrie en France concerning a public subscription, apparently for shares in the Compagnie Française d'Exportation et d'Importation, c. 1867, 1 bifolio, including a note (in English) from Alexander von Siebold to Parkes, c. 1867. There are also two folios of undated notes in Parkes' hand, partly concerning Siebold, and an envelope addressed by Siebold to Parkes in Japan, care of Francis Alston in London.
2 folios, 1 bifolio + 1 envelope.

circa 1867

Proceedings of Tokugawa Mimbutaiko's visit. 'Report of proceedings during the visit of H[is] H[ighness] Tokugawa Mimbutaiko to England by invitation of Her Majesty': an undated copy or draft of a report by Alexander von Siebold of events between 2 and 17 December [1867], paginated 28-30 and 32-38.
10 folios.

circa 1867

Notes on Japan. 'Situation actuelle': notes in Parkes's hand concerning the relationship between foreign powers and domestic political factions in Japan, referring to the Tycoon, daimyos, and the 'new party' (1868?).
1 folio.

circa 1868

Documents re Jules Brunet and others. Correspondence and statements of evidence concerning Jules Brunet and other Frenchmen in the service of the Tycoon and subsequently in league with rebels against the Emperor Meiji's government. The documents are English translations made by William Ashton and written in his hand. One of the sheets includes notes by Parkes. The documents are as follows:. Letter from Sawa Gwaimukio [Sawa Nobuyoshi] to Ange Maxime Outrey (French diplomat), 3 September 1869 (no place is given). Letter from Outrey to Sawa Gwaimukio, 4 September 1869 (no place is given). Evidence given by Matsudaira Taro and Enomoto Kamajiro [Enomoto Takeaki] concerning Brunet and other Frenchmen, with a list of 'fictitious offices' created by the Hakodate rebels and a list of Frenchmen in league with them, undated [1869].
6 bifolios.

circa 1869

Memorandum on Yedo and Yokohama Railway. 'Yedo & Yokohama Railway': a memorandum in John Robertson's hand concerning the financing of railway construction.
1 bifolio.

circa 1870

Letter from Sanjo Sanetomi. Three copies of an English translation of a letter from the Udaijin [Sanjo Sanetomi] to the British Prime Minister [William Ewart Gladstone] (Yedo?, c. May 1871). One copy is in an identical hand to that of Parkes 33/16.
3 bifolios.

circa 1871

Notes on the Japanese government. Undated notes in Parkes' hand, probably for a speech, concerning the government of Japan around the time of the Meiji Restoration and Parkes' work and objectives during that period. The document is labelled on the reverse 'Liverpool Nov '71' in Parkes' hand and 'Contains rules Sir H P set himself for his work(?) in Japan' in another hand. The notes are on one sheet of Athenæum Club notepaper. There is also a second sheet of undated notes in Parkes' hand, possibly on the same subject.
2 bifolios.

circa 1871

Letter from John Long. An exercise book containing a letter from John Long, London, to Parkes, consisting of a report on the course of study undertaken in Great Britain by Sasaki Sakanori (Sasaki Takayuki?), Okauchi Shigetoshi, Hiraka Yossinari [Hiraga Yoshitada], Nakano Saké-Akira and Nagano Fumiakira, Legal Commissioners attached to the special Japanese Embassy (the 'Iwakura Mission'), 40 folios, including blanks and the cover.
1 volume.

23 Dec. 1872

Letter from the Japanese embassy. A letter from Iwakura Tomomi, Kido Jiunichiro [Kido Takayoshi], Okubo Ichizo [Okubo Toshimichi], Ito Hirobumi and Yamaguchi [Hisayoshi] [Yamaguchi Naoyoshi], Japanese embassy, Paris, to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

27 Dec. 1872

Notes on visit to Loochoo Islands. A folder containing undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning a visit to the Loochoo Islands (Ryukyu Islands), 11-14 December (1875?), 2 bifolios + 2 folios (one blank), and a press cutting (from Yokohama?), 6 May 1875, 1 folio, including the article 'The Loochooan Tribute'.
1 folder.

circa 1875

Memorandum on Chinese and Japanese words. A memorandum in Ernest Satow's hand concerning the terms denoting 'Sovereign' and related meanings in China and Japan, and the impropriety of the use of 'Niyo-Ô' to designate Her Britannic Majesty, undated (possibly 1875 or later).
1 bifolio.

circa 1875

Memorandum on a visit to Tongking. An undated and probably incomplete memorandum [by Sir Daniel Brooke Robertson] concerning a visit to Tongking, [4-]14 April [1876], including descriptions of Haiphong, Hanoi, and trading activity, and referring to Marie Dupré, Jean Dupuis, Marie Garnier, Paul Puginier, and Alexandre Le Jumeau de Kergaradec.
16 bifolios + 1 folio (tied together).

circa 1876

Wrapper. A wrapper labelled 'Sir H Parkes 1876'.
1 folio.

1876

Letter from Ho and Chang. An English translation of a letter from Ho and 'Chang' to Terashima, 7 October 1878.
2 bifolios.

1878

Notes on opium importation. Notes in Parkes' hand concerning the importation of opium into Japan, referring to a charge laid by the Japanese government and the distinction between medicinal and smoking opium [February 1879 and undated].
3 folios.

circa 1879

Notes on conversation with Lady Parkes. 'Notes of my last conversation with Lady Parkes': undated notes [by Isabella Bird, later Isabella Bishop] concerning a meeting with Fanny Hannah, Lady Parkes [in October or November 1879].
4 bifolios.

circa 1879

Telegram from Inoue Kaoru. A telegram from Inoue Kaoru, Tokyo, to Parkes, 24 November 1879, received in London the same day.
1 folio.

24 Nov. 1879

Letter from Sir Julian Pauncefote. A letter from Sir Julian Pauncefote, Foreign Office, to Parkes, labelled in Parkes' hand 'Japanese Courts'.
1 bifolio.

7 Feb. 1880

Letter from Sir Julian Pauncefote. A letter from Sir Julian Pauncefote, Foreign Office, to Parkes, labelled in Parkes' hand 'Ansd. by Memo. of Ap. 8.'.
1 bifolio.

7 Feb. 1880

Bill from William Booty. A bill for £19 2s. 7d. from William Booty, house and estate agent, upholsterer, cabinet maker and appraiser, Notting Hill, to Parkes, Christmas 1880, containing entries dating from 5 November to 29 December 1880.
1 bifolio.

Dec. 1880

Notes on Golovnin and Reed. 'Reed's Miss Bird's} Japan': undated notes in Parkes' hand taken from Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin, 'Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan, During the Years 1811, 1812, and 1813, with Observations on the Country and the People' (the 2nd edition of Golovnin's 'Narrative of my Captivity in Japan', 1818) (3 vols; London, 1824), vol. 2, p. 136, and from Sir Edward Reed, 'Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions. With the Narrative of a Visit in 1879' (2 vols; London, 1880), vol. 1, pp. 273 and 279. There are also further notes, apparently in response to writings by Reed and [Francis Ottiwell?] Adams.
3 bifolios + 1 folio.

circa 1880

Invitation to a royal dinner. An undated invitation from the Lord Chamberlain [Valentine Browne, Earl of Kenmare], on behalf of Queen Victoria, to Sir Harry Parkes and Miss Parkes [Parkes' daughter Marion Plummer Parkes, later Marion Keswick] to an evening party at Buckingham Palace on 18 May 1881.
1 card.

1881

Letter from Thomas McKindee. A letter from Thomas McKindee(?), Torquay, to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

7 Nov. 1881

Letter from the Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce. A copy or draft, with annotations, of a letter from the Joint Tariff Committee of the Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce, Bradford, to Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville, November 1881, including a table of the tariff of Japan of 1866 and that proposed in 1880. The document is labelled in Parkes' hand 'Bradford Chamber of Commerce'.
3 folios.

1881

Note on treaty revision. 'Mori Ap.9.': undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning treaty revision, referring to Mori Arinori; Granville Leveson-Gower, Lord Granville; and Sir Julian Pauncefote. The notes are on a sheet of Athenæum Club notepaper.
1 bifolio.

circa 1881

Notes on negotiations with Japan. 'Commercial(?) Treaty': undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning negotiations between representatives of foreign powers (including Holland) and the Japanese government. The notes are on a sheet of Athenæum Club notepaper.
1 folio.

circa 1881

Notes on treaty revision. Undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning treaty revision, written on paper that includes the printed names of Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville, and Sir Julian Pauncefote.
2 folios.

circa 1880-circa 1881

Notes on treaty revision. 'Mori [Arinori] as to Codes & Courts': short undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning treaty revision.
1 folio.

circa 1880-circa 1881

Expenditure of Japanese government. 'Estimated Expenditure in Spice of the fiscal year 1880-81': an undated table showing expenditure by various departments of the Japanese government, with a note in Parkes' hand on the same sheet.
1 folio.

circa 1881

Papers re steam navigation company shares. Documents concerning shares purchased by Parkes in the China Shipper's Mutual Steam Navigation Company. The papers are in an envelope labelled '5/5/98. Letter, & papers received from Hong Kong. re Sir Harry Parkes'. It includes the following items:. Letter from John Walter (of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation), Yokohama, to Parkes, 14 December 1882, 1 bifolio. Letter from John Walter, Yokohama, to Parkes, 27 January 1883, 1 bifolio. Letter from John Walter, Yokohama, to Parkes, 2 April 1883, 2 bifolios. Letter from John Walter, Yokohama, to Parkes, 4 April 1883, 1 bifolio. Certificate of Parkes as proprietor of 25 shares of £20 each in the China Shipper's Mutual Steam Navigation Company Ltd, signed by Holliday, Wise & Co. on behalf of the Directors, dated Hong Kong, 20 July 1883, 1 folio, printed, with manuscript insertions. Letter from Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, to William Keswick, 1 April 1898, 1 bifolio.
1 envelope.

1882–1898

Notes on treaty revision. 'Jan 31': notes in Parkes' hand concerning proposals by Inoue Kaoru and Parkes' responses, probably made in the course of discussions on treaty revision, undated (possibly Tokyo, c. January 1882).
1 folio.

circa 1882

Notes on treaty revision. 'Inouye. March 3': notes in Parkes' hand of a conversation with Inoue Kaoru concerning the preliminary conference on treaty revision, affairs of the Japanese Government, and relations with Loochoo (Ryukyu Islands) and Korea, including reference to Okuma Shigenobu, undated (possibly c. March 1882).
1 bifolio.

circa 1882

Notes on treaty revision. 'Siebold June 11': notes in Parkes' hand concerning negotiations on treaty revision, referring to Siebold (Alexander Georg Gustav von Siebold?), Arisugawa [Taruhito Shinno] and Inoue Kaoru, undated (possibly c. June 1882).
1 bifolio.

circa 1882

Slogan against Western barbarians. A copy of a slogan (in Japanese) against the invasion of Japan by Western barbarians (possibly from Nagasaki, 1882), written on notepaper of the British Consulate in Nagasaki. There is also a printed Consulate envelope addressed to Parkes in Tokyo, postmarked Yokohama, 24 August 1882, and labelled in Parkes' hand in pencil 'Inscription [illegible writing] pillars'.
1 folio + 1 envelope.

1882

Note on Japanese courts. A note in Parkes' hand concerning jurisdictions of courts in Japan, referring to a proposal by Inoue Kaoru, undated (1882?).
1 folio.

circa 1882

Notes on Japanese Special Courts. 'Points': notes in Parkes' hand concerning the objects and constitution of Special Courts in Japan and the appointment of judges to them, undated (1882?).
1 folio.

circa 1882

Notes on consular and diplomatic staff. Notes in Parkes' hand concerning appointments and distribution of consular and diplomatic staff in Japan, undated (1882?).
1 folio.

circa 1882

Telegram from F.J. Marshall. A telegram from F.J. Marshall, Hakodate, to Parkes, 18 August 1883, received in Yotsuya (Tokyo) on the same day.
1 folio.

18 Aug. 1883

Telegram from Pitman. A copy on Japanese official notepaper of a telegram from Pitman concerning a French military operation in Tongking, undated [August 1883], apparently forwarded by Shinagawa E., Shanghai, 25 August 1883.
1 bifolio.

Aug. 1883

Papers on relations between China and France. An O.H.B.M.S. envelope containing documents concerned chiefly with military and diplomatic relations between China and France. The envelope is labelled in Parkes' hand 'Tricou & French Question'. It contains the following items:. Telegram from an unnamed sender, Hong Kong, to Dunn (John George Dunn?), 9 September 1883, received in Shanghai, 1 folio. Incomplete telegram concerning military preparations in Canton, undated (possibly Hong Kong, c. September 1883), possibly received in Shanghai, 1 folio. Two cuttings from the 'North-China Daily News' [Shanghai, c. September 1883], including telegrams from London, 5 and 7 September [1883], regarding France and China, 2 folios. Cutting from the 'Shanghai Courier', 10 September 1883, including a telegram from London, 8 September 1883, regarding France and China, 1 folio. Note containing references to documents arising from United States government business, undated: Senate Miscellaneous Document No. 89 from the first session of the 47th Congress [1881-1882], a letter from a Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, and a communication from Hamilton Fish to John Bingham, 1 folio. 'Note ad referendum': an undated summary (in French) of the terms of an agreement between China and France, 1 bifolio. Undated notes in Parkes' hand, including references to Alexandre Bouet, Tseng Chi-tse, Li Hung-chang and François Fournier, 1 folio + 1 bifolio.
1 envelope.

circa 1883

Telegram from Shinagawa. A copy of a telegram from Shinagawa [E.], Shanghai, to Admiral Enomoto, 7 October (1883?), received 8 October, including notes in Parkes' hand. There is also a blank sheet of British official notepaper.
2 folios.

1883

Notes on consular representation in Korea. Notes in Parkes' hand concerning his proposals for British consular representation and accommodation in Korea [c. January 1884].
1 folio.

circa 1884

Report on iron and coal. A press copy of 'Report on the Iron deposit, at Kiu-Chow, and the coal measure at the entrance to the River Yalu': a letter from Samuel Morris (civil engineer), Chefoo, to 'Sheng Taotai'.
7 folios.

26 May 1884

Letter from Ramiso Gil de Uribarri. A letter from Shanghai to Parkes.
2 bifolios.

17 June 1884

Letter from Ramiso de Uribarri. A letter from Tientsin to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

10 Aug. 1884

Telegrams re telegraphic communications. 'Copies of Telegrams': press copies of 45 telegrams [from Shanghai, Peking, Tientsin, Foochow, London and possibly elsewhere], 12-20 September [1884], concerning impediments to telegraphic communication with Foochow during the Franco-Chinese hostilities. Some of the copies are in Judd's hand (Walter Judd?). The correspondents include Parkes; Patrick Hughes; John George Dunn; Judd; 'Chairman'; 'Rentzsch'; 'Durran'; and the Director General of the Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Company Ltd.
10 folios.

12 Sep. 1884–20 Sep. 1884

Note on a meeting of nationalities. A copy of a note concerning a 'Meeting of all nationalities' on 16 September 1884, dated Shanghai, 17 September 1884, including details of a resolution brought forward.
1 folio.

17 Sep. 1884

Telegram from William Keswick. A telegram from 'Weswick' (William Keswick?), Shanghai, to Parkes, 18 September [1884], received in Peking, 19 [September 1884].
1 folio.

18 Sep. 1884–19 Sep. 1884

List of issues and events. A list in Parkes' hand of issues and events [September 1884], including 'Shameen Claims' and 'Kimpai pass' (i.e. the question of the Foochow telegraph steam launch).
1 folio.

Sep. 1884

Letter from Parker. A telegram from Parker (Edward Harper Parker?), Shanghai, to Parkes, 18 February (1885?), received in Peking, 19 February (1885?).
1 folio.

circa 1885

Papers re the war in Tongking. A sheet containing three items in French in Parkes' hand: a copy of a telegram from 'Sylvestre', Hanoi, to 'Gouverneur Saigon' (Charles Thomson?), 13 February 1885; a copy of a message from Louis Brière de l'Isle, Langson, to an unidentified recipient, 13 February [1885], apparently transmitted as a telegram (to Thomson?) from Hanoi, 15 February 1885, and a note concerning Enomoto Takeaki in Peking (possibly copied from a further telegram). There is also a cutting from the 'Daily Press', Hong Kong, 17 February 1885, including telegrams and editorial commentary concerning military operations in Tongking.
2 folios.

Feb. 1885

Papers re railways and troops. 'Estimate of Railways For H[is] E[xcellency] Li Hung Chang': an estimate given in taels per English mile for constructing a single track railway line, including calculations for the cost of lines between Tientsin and Peking or Tungchew [T'ung-chou], and between Tientsin and Taku, undated (1880s?). There is also an undated list of troops under various commands and in various places, in a different hand, with strengths given in ying, and an envelope labelled in Parkes' hand 'Davenport Enclosures'.
2 folios + 1 envelope.

circa 1885

Notes on Loochoo Islands. Notes in Parkes' hand, mostly concerning the Loochoo Islands (Ryukyu Islands), including a reference to Admiralty Chart 2412 (China: The Islands Between Formosa and Japan with the Adjacent Coast of China, London, 1868), as well as to Saigo (Takamori?), 'Shimadzu' (Shimazu Hisamitsu?), and William Yates, undated (possibly 1877 or earlier), 4 bifolios. There are also undated items in Japanese: a list of the names and titles of three Loochooan officials (possibly from between 1872 and 1879), 1 folio; a bill for food, 1 folio; and three calling cards of officials in the Department of the Interior, 3 folios.
5 folios + 4 bifolios.

circa 1875

Notes on Japanese politics and society. Undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning Japanese politics and society, including a list of 'Grounds for hope'.
1 bifolio.

Notes on financial matters. Undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning debt, currency, and a (Japanese?) national bank.
1 folio.

Note on Admiralty Charts. An undated note comprised of references in Parkes' hand to Admiralty Charts 104 (Preliminary Chart: Korea: Korean Archipelago: Southern Portion, London, 1871), 1257 (Approximate Survey of Ping Yang Inlet with Approximate Survey of the Approach to Ta-Tong River, London, 1869), and 1258 (Yellow Sea, West Coast of Corea: Sketch of the Approaches to Seoul..., London, 1869, subsequent editions in 1879 and 1884).
1 bifolio.

Call list. An undated list in Parkes' hand of persons and institutions in Peking on which to pay a call.
1 folio.

Notes on western China. Undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning an area in western China, probably in Tsinghai, referring to Tsaidan (Tsaidam?), two lakes (Cha-ling and O-ling?), and the source of the Yellow River, and mentioning attacks by Tangut robbers.
1 folio.

List of French phrases. A list in Parkes' hand of French phrases, including some with their equivalents in English.
9 bifolios.

Notes on political philosophy. Undated notes in Parkes' hand concerning topics in political philosophy.
2 folios.

List of Chinese Government boards. An undated list (in Chinese and English) in Parkes' hand of the six boards of the Chinese Government, and a second sheet containing a loyal slogan, undated.
2 bifolios.

Indent for domestic goods. An undated indent for domestic goods, including grass-cloth and tea, labelled on the reverse 'Desired Mrs Sinclair to get them. July. 19.'.
1 folio.

Estimate for telegraph line. 'Detailed estimate of the erection of One mile of telegraph line': an undated estimate by W.H. Stone, with related notes. There is also a version of the estimate and notes in Japanese, and an envelope addressed by Stone to Parkes in Tokyo.
2 folios + 1 envelope.

Proclamation of Governor of Peking. An English translation of 'Proclamation by the Governor of Peking' [the 'Ti tu'] concerning inundations around Peking and the behaviour of refugees, undated.
1 folio.

Letter from R. Beck. A letter from London to William Keswick.
1 bifolio.

23 Sep. 1889

Memoir of Parkes. A memoir of Parkes by Basil Chamberlain, Nikko.
10 folios.

2 June 1893

Chronology of Japan and Parkes. A chronology of events in the history of Japan and in Parkes' life from January 1866 to October 1883, undated.
1 bifolio.

Notes re loan of papers and books. Undated notes in Catharine Lockhart's hand concerning private papers and printed books loaned to Stanley Lane-Poole by William Lockhart and herself between 30 January 1893 and 8 August [1893].
1 folio.

circa 1893

Pencil and water-colour image. An undated decorative geometric figure in pencil and water-colour.
1 folio.