Letter
De Long to Hamilton Fish, December 21, 1872
No. 248. Mr. De Long to Mr. Fish.
United States Legation, Japan, December 21, 1872. (Received Jan. 23, 1873.)
No. 324.]
Sir: I have the honor to advise you that on yesterday I received from the minister for foreign affairs of this empire a note, (inclosure No. 1) advising me that this government has changed its calendar and adopted the system in use in America and Europe; to which I this day replied by a note (inclosure No. 2) congratulating him upon this reform.
I have, &c.,
C. E. DE LONG.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.