Letter
Midsoeno Idsumi No Kami to Robert H. Pruyn, February 1, 1863
The Japanese Ministers to Mr. Pruyn
[Enclosure No. 2.—Translation.]
We have to state to your excellency that this morning, past 2 o’clock, the British legation constructed on the heights at Sinegarva was found to be on fire so suddenly that it could not be protected, as was immediately stated to you by a governor of foreign affairs.
And we are astonished and regret the more, as we have heard that this is not owing to any mistake of those who are on duty there. Of which we have to inform you.
With respect and esteem, the 12th day of the 12th month of the 2d year of Bunkin, (the 1st of February, 1863.)
MIDSOENO IDSUMI NO KAMI.
ITAKURA SUWO NO KAMI.
OGASAWARA DSUSIO NO KAMI.
His Excellency Robert H. Pruyn, Minister Resident of the United States of America, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth .