SMITH, John.

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"An Appeal to All Missionaries in China." An otherwise untraced attack on the business practices of the trading firm Butterfield and Swire. Writing in winding and poorly proofread prose, the unknown "John Smith" - perhaps an alias - accuses the company of fraud and of granting Chinese compradores the same privileges as those accorded to British merchants. "Now Brethren let us one and all beseach our Heavenly Father to soften the hearts of this money lovering firm."

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