Note 1 — Chapter XLIV · AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH COREA.

The Honorable Gideon Nye, of China, from whose article in “The Far East” these facts are drawn concerning the first consul of the United States to China, has effectually disproved the oft-quoted statement of Sir John Davis in his “History of China,” that “It was in the year 1802 that the American flag was first hoisted at Canton.” Dr. William Speer in his excellent book—fair to the Chinese as well as to foreigners—has told the story of Jonathan Edwards and his troubles over ginseng and the drink which his Indian pupils bought with it. ↑