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A coppy of the last will and Testimony of the late Emperor of China

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 7, 1821

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 115

Notes:

The last will and testament of the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799) could have been found in an appendix to George T. Staunton, Ta Tsing leu lee: being the fundamental laws, and a selection from the supplementary statutes, of the penal code of China (London, 1810), pp. 477-483. No separate printing (if indeed the Museum copy was printed) has been found.