Letter
PORTMAN, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim in Japan to William H. Seward, December 7, 1865
Mr. Portman to Mr. Seward.
No. 69]
Legation of the United States in Japan, Yedo, December 7, 1865.
Sir: As stated in my despatch No. 66, of the 30th ultimo, I that day addressed a letter to the minister for foreign affairs, informing him of my return to Yedo, and transmitting copies of the Mikado’s sanction and accompanying documents. I now have the honor to transmit enclosure No. 1, a copy of that letter, and also enclosure No. 2, a translation of his reply.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
A. L. C. PORTMAN, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim 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.