Letter
PORTMAN, Chargé d’ Affaires ad interim in Japan to George S. Fisher, October 30, 1865
No. 3.
Mr. Portman to Mr. Fisher
Legation of the United States in Japan, October 30, 1865.
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that in concert with the representatives of Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands, I have determined upon temporarily transferring the legation to Osacca, at present the seat of the government of this country, with a view of bringing more promptly to a successful termination important negotiations that have been in progress for some time.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. L. C. PORTMAN, Chargé d’ Affaires ad interim in Japan.
George S. Fisher, Esq., United States Consul, Kanagawa.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C
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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-ninth C.