• Antique 1840 Travel Papers Visa Ephemera Passport Germany Notebook Official Govt Rare!! Amazing this survived almost 200 years, downloaded a translate on google , could actually read some of it. Took screen shots of translations. Someone that reads German could probably get furthur thru booklet.  Great piece of history!!  Pre civil war!!!  About the time of the China war & the sulphur wars!!!

• First Opium War: Also known as the First China War, this war was fought between Great Britain and China from 1839 to 1842. The war was caused by a trade dispute between the two countries, with Britain importing Indian opium into China illegally to make up for the silver reserves depleted by trading with China. The war ended with the Treaty of Nanking, which ceded Hong Kong to Britain and opened Chinese ports to Western traders. 
• Sulphur Crisis: Also known as the Sulphur War of 1840, this was a diplomatic dispute between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The crisis occurred when Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies gave a monopoly over the Sicilian sulphur industry to a French firm, which the British argued violated a trade agreement

• more than welcome to pick up at shop in Butler Pa & save shipping.

chris house