Peking
My dear Commodore,

I have just now [______] Washn a copy of a dispatch of M. Bingham, dated June 20th, covering a communication [_____] the Chinese Minister to Japan on the subject of opening Corea. The gist of it is that the Minister (in M.B’s opinion) wanted Corea to have a treaty with us to prevent in some (way) the use of Corea as a base (near) Russia against China, but that as soon as the danger of war was over China can do no more about it.
If you have not seen the dispatch and would like to see it, I will send it down to you.
Do you think I had better send the [________] the matter upon 2 go? Absolutely no news here except the probable retirement of Tso from the [_____] or accruement of increasing infirmities.
In the steamers pretty soon to leave for Shanghai Saturday or Sunday?
I hope you and your daughter are enjoying this fine weather. Count on it for a few months.

Yours very truly,
J.B. Bryce

Commodore Shufeldt
Tientsin