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光绪四年十一月十五日(1878年12月8日)

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再,臣等查华人侨寓美国各邦,共约十四余万,在金山一带已有六万之多。据陈兰彬《使美纪略》记载:“华民之来,始犹不多,且半系从别岛转徙至此,间有采金得资者,购布棚做小买卖。自立约通商后,来者始众,今计华民在美共十四五万,散处各邦乡市。在金山本埠者,统计三万余人,有资本作贸易者不过数千,其铺户俱设于都板街、沙加免杜街、积顺街一带,土人呼为 ‘唐人街’。”见(清)陈兰彬:《使美纪略》,《近代中国》第17辑,上海社会科学院出版社,2007年,第376页。近年土人及外来洋人积不相能,现未结之案计有二百余起,监禁者二百余人,交涉事几于无日无之。据陈兰彬《使美纪略》记载:“现在该处未结之案约数百起,监押者数百人。”见(清)陈兰彬:《使美纪略》,《近代中国》第17辑,上海社会科学院出版社,2007年,第377页。

臣等呈递国书后,即应知照该外部,派设中国领事妥为保护,将来美都使署一切事务亦必纷繁。臣等不日仍须前赴日国、秘国,是以公同商酌,必须在此添用人员常驻料理,庶臻周密。

查有五品衔花翎保升主事容增祥容增祥,生卒年不详,字元甫(元圃),广东新会人。同治十一年(1872)与陈兰彬携带第一批幼童赴美,担任驻洋肄业局中文教习。次年随陈兰彬赴古巴调查被虐华工情况。光绪五年(1879)初升为第三任肄业局总办,四月丁父忧返国销差。,管理幼童肄业局务已驻美国七年,熟悉情形,结实可靠,堪以就近调派参赞,并用美国人柏立柏立,即巴特利特(David W. Bartlett,1828—1912)。容闳聚其妹Mary Bartlett。毕业于美国耶鲁大学。光绪四年(1878)由陈兰彬聘为华盛顿使署洋员。光绪八年(1882)由郑藻如续聘为驻美使署洋员。光绪十二年(1886)由张荫桓续聘为驻美使署洋员。光绪十五年(1889)因病告假。光绪十六年(1890)由崔国因聘为驻美使署洋员。著有《What I saw in London, or Men and things in the great metropolis》《Presidential candidates containing sketches, biographical, personal and political, of prominent candidates for the presidency in 1860》《Paris:with pen and pencil; its people and literature, its life and business》《Modern agitators:or, Pen portraits of living American reformers》《London by day and night:or, Men and things in the great metropolis》《The life of Lady Jane Grey》《The life of Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans》《The life of Gen. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, President of the United States》《The life and public services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln:with a portrait on steel. To which is added a biographical sketch of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin》《The heroes of the Indian rebellion》《Digest of election cases. Cases of contested election in the House of Representatives from 1865 to 1871, inclusive》《Cases of contested elections in Congress, from 1834 to 1865, inclusive》《Presidential Candidates:Containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860》等。一员帮同照料,合并仰恳天恩,俯准调用,以资勷助,谨附片陈明。

光绪四年十一月十五日,奉旨:“依议。”

王彦威辑:《清季外交史料》(一),书目文献出版社,1987年