Letter
PORTMAN, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim in Japan to William H. Seward, January 8, 1866
Mr. Portman to Mr. Seward.
No. 2.]
Legation of the United States in Japan, Yedo, January 8, 1866.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, dated August 31, September 4, September 30, October 9, and October 17, respectively.
In obedience to the instructions contained in your despatch No. 3, I addressed a letter to the Gorogio, copy of which I herewith transmit, enclosure No. 1.
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.