Letter
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs to Chas. E. De Long , Envoy Extraordinary and, June 30, 1871
No. 1.
[Translation.]
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs to Mr. De Long
13th of the 5th month 4th year of Meidi. (30th of June, 1871.)
Sir: We beg to state the following to your excellency, that by the thirteenth article of the treaty of 1858, it is declared that on the 4th day of July, 1872, or thereafter, the said treaty may be reconsidered.
As there are some articles which should be reformed by the period specified, we have the honor to give you the previous notice.
We have the honor, &c.,
His Excellency Chas. E. De Long, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States.
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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 Pr.