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was able to write in his diary: 'Was politely received at dinner by Mr
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Quoted in: Catherine M. Howett. Review of: Cultivating
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to the American northwest coast and trade for sea-otter furs, thence to Canton to trade the furs for tea and other wares, then homeward around the
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