Letter

Midsuno Idsumi No Kami to A. L. C. Portman, December 4, 1865

[Translation.]

I have the honor to inform you that, on the 14th instant, (the 1st December,) all Daimios and others were notified that the treaties have been ratified by the Mikado.

Which I have to state with respect and esteem.

MIDSUNO IDSUMI NO KAMI.

A. L. C. Portman, Esq., Chargé d’Affaires of the United States, &c., &c.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.