目前 ,广东省对美国人在本省历史的研究尚属薄弱 ,而这对于广东地方史中对外关系史的研究至关重要 ,因为在近代广东省诸外国势力中 ,美国的势力是不容忽视的。近年来 ,笔者在北京见到不少美国驻广州及汕头领事馆档案 ,有一部分是从美国购回的缩微胶卷。其中记载了不少珍贵的近 At present, the study of the history of the province in the province of Guangdong by the Guangdong Province is still weak. This is of crucial importance to the study of the history of foreign relations in the local history of Guangdong. For in the modern foreign powers in Guangdong Province, the U.S. forces can not be ignored. In recent years, I have seen many archives of the U.S. consulate in Guangzhou and Shantou in Beijing, some of them microfilm bought back from the United States. Which records a lot of precious near