Letter

John A. Bingham to Terashima Munenor, June 5, 1876

Author

John A. Bingham

Recipient

Terashima Munenor

Date

June 5, 1876

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 199. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish.

United States Legation, Japan, Tokei, June 5, 1876. (Received July 5.)

No. 409.]

Sir: In compliance with instruction No. 164, received 8th September last, after several verbal inquiries, I addressed, on the 4th of April last, to his excellency Mr. Terashima, the Japanese minister for foreign affairs, a communication in relation to the Lew Chew Islands, a copy of which I have the honor to inclose. (Inclosure No. 1.)

On the 1st instant I received a reply from the foreign minister to my communication, under date the 31sb ultimo, a copy of which is herewith inclosed. (Inclosure No. 2.)

You will observe that the minister states that the Japanese government has not at any time interfered with the rights of the United States, as secured by its subsisting compact with the Lew Chew Islands.

I have, &c.,

JNO. A. BINGHAM.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

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.