History of China's retreat, paper read by Edward R. Barnsley before the Bucks county historical society at Doylestown, Pa., May 6, 1933.

China's Retreat was a 361-acre plantation on the Delaware River, near Bristol, Pa., purchased in 1796 by A.E. van Braam Houckgeest. Van Braam Houckgeest worked for the Dutch East India Company in Macao and Canton, China for a number of years before being appointed consul to North Carolina, Sout...

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Main Author: Barnsley, Edward R. 1906-1989.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Bristol, Pa.] Bristol printing Company, 1933.
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Call Number: VOB* .78 v.3
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