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46,149 lettersNo. 2. Minute of a conference held at Yedo on the 6th March, 1865. Present: Midsuno Idlumi No Kami and Suwa Inaba No Kami, ministers, and Sakai Hida No Kami,…
No. 1. Mr. Winchester and Mr. Polsbroek to Mr. Pruyn Kanagawa, March 11, 1865. Sir: We have the honor to wait on you with copies of a minute of what…
Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward No. 12.] Legation of the United States in Japan, Kanagawa, March 16, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to enclose copies of the minute of…
Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward No. 9.] Legation of the United States in Japan, Kanagazva, February 13, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Pruyn No. 88.] Department of State, Washington, February 9, 1865. Sir; Your despatches No. 64, of October 28, No. 65, of October 29, No. 66, of…
[Extract.] Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward No. 8.] Legation of The United States in Japan, Kanagawa, January 27, 1865. Sir: * * * * * * * * It is…
No. 2. Memorandum. Certain proposals for the enlargement of the settlement at Yokohama, and other public objects connected therewith, having been discussed and generally agreed upon by the under-signed foreign…
No. 1. Memorandum in reference to future allotments of land at the open ports. It being desirable in the common interest to agree and determine upon some plan for the…
Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward No. 7.] Legation of the United States in Japan, Kanagawa, January 21, 1865. Sir: Under the provisions of the various treaties with Japan, citizens and…
No. 1. [Translation.] I have the honor to state in writing that, upon my arrival at Kioto, I fully represented the circumstances of the relations with the treaty powers, as…
Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward No. 72.] Legation of The United States in Japan, Kanagawa, December 30, 1864. Sir: While there can be no doubt that the Tycoon is far…
[Extract.] Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward No. 71.] Legation of The United States in Japan, Kanagawa, December 29, 1864. Sir: I have the satisfaction to inform you that Shimidzu Seigi,…
[Extract.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Pruyn No. 86.] Department of State, Washington, December 14, 1864. Sir: Your despatch of October 12, No. 62, has been received, together with its voluminous…
No. 2. “We have the honor to inform you that the intelligence of the murder of two Britsh officers in the vicinity of the town of Pruatshee, in Soshu, (Sagami,)…
No. 1. Legation of the United States in Japan, Kanagawa, November 22, 1864. The atrocious murder of two British officers has created so much feeling in this community, extending to…
Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward No. 69.] Legation of the United States in Japan, Kanagawa, December 6, 1864. Sir: As you have been already advised by telegram of the 29th…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Harrington No. 3.] Department of State, Washington, November 17, 1865. Sir: Mr. Fogg’s despatch bearing date October 16, and numbered 102, has been received. It gives…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Harrington No. 3.] Department of State, Washington, November 1, 1865. Sir: On the 20th of June last your predecessor, Mr. Fogg, transmitted to this department a…
Mr. Fogg to Mr. Seward No. 102.] United States Legation, Berne, October 16, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that my successor, Mr. Harrington, reached Berne last…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Harrington No. 2.] Department of State, Washington, July 25, 1865. Sir: In presenting your letter of credence to his excellency the President of the Swiss confederation,…