Morrison indicated that a souvenir which he described as "the finest piece of jade in Peking" came into his possession and he sold it to Herbert Squiers for 2,000 taels. On 7 March 1901, the United States Minister to China, Edwin Hurd Conger (1843–1907), sent a cable to John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, that exonerated Squiers completely of looting: "the reports that have reached America to the effect that H.G.
Morrison noted that a jade artifact he called "the finest piece of jade from Beijing" was in his possession and he sold it to Herbert Squiers for 2,000 taels. On March 7, 1901, the United States Minister to China, Edwin Hurd Conger (1843–1907), informed John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, that Squiers was not guilty of looting: "the reports that have reached America indicating that H.G."