Letter
PORTMAN, Acting Chargé d’ Affaires in Japan to William H. Seward, June 1, 1866
Mr. Portman to Mr. Seward.
No. 28.]
Legation of the United States in Japan, Yedo, June 1, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith No. 1, translation of a letter from the ministers for foreign affairs, informing me that Japanese of all classes are now permitted to visit foreign countries, and of the establishment of a passport system accordingly.
Another barrier of Japanese isolation has thus been removed.
I transmit No. 2, copy of my acknowledgment of that letter.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
A. L. C. PORTMAN, Acting Chargé d’ Affaires in Japan.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
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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 Second Session of the Thirty.