Inoweye Kawatsi No Kami to R. B. Van Valkenburgh, November 6, 1866

[Translation.]

We have to inform you that the form of passport to be issued to any Japanese, without distinction of class, either official or merchant, who may wish to travel abroad for purposes of study or trade, has been determined upon, and herewith send you a specimen copy of the same, which we request you to communicate to your government. We have further to say that such passports, when issued at Kanagawa, Nagasaki, or Hakodate, shall be partly stamped with a seal of the local governments, the counterpart of the seal to remain on record at the port of issue.