Sir John Rutherford Alcock, KCB was the first British diplomatic representative to live in Japan.
Mr. Alcock to Mr. Harris. Her Majesty’s Legation,Yedo, July 6, 1861. Sir: Last night between eleven and twelve o’clock the British legation was suddenly attacked, and an entrance effected at…
Mr. Alcock to Mr. Harris. No. 37.] Her Majesty’s Legation,Yedo, July 8, 1861. Sir: I have to thank you for the congratulations of escape from the assassins, conveyed in your…
Sir Rutherford Alcock to Mr. Winchester Peking, November 15,1866. Sir: I have received your despatches, Nos. 62 and 82, of the 20th July and 20th October, the first transpitting the…
Sir Rutherford Alcock to Mr. Burlingame Peking, January 28, 1867. Sir: I have recently received a despatch from her Majesty’s acting consul at Swatow, requesting information as to the relative…
D. Ling-Kwang-Sz’, August 5, 1868. Mon cher Collègue et Doyen: It will be in your recollection that in November last I placed in the hands of the foreign representatives in…
Mr. Williams to Mr. Seward No. 25.] Legation of the United States, Peking, August 22, 1868. Sir: I have the honor to transmit for your consideration, and to be submitted…
I. Ling-Kwang-Sz’, September 10, 1868. Monsieur le Ministre and Cher Doyen: The Prussian minister, in his reply to my former communication respecting the negotiations in which I am engaged with…
“Circular No. 10. “Pekin, October 7, 1868. “Sir: Pursuant to instructions from Her Majesty’s secretary of state for foreign affairs, I have issued the inclosed notification regulating the conditions under…