Letter

PORTMAN, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States in Japan to Midsuno Idsumi no Kam, November 30, 1865

Author

PORTMAN, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States in Japan

Recipient

Midsuno Idsumi no Kam

Date

November 30, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 1.

[Untitled]

Legation of the United States in Japan, Yedo, November 30, 1865.

I have the honor to inform your excellency of my return to Yedo, and to transmit herewith for your information copies of three documents, as follows:

No. 1. The Mikado to his Majesty the Tycoon, sanctioning the treaties.

No. 2. The minister for foreign affairs to Mr. Portman.

No. 3. With regard to the promulgation of the Mikado’s sanction.

I am happy to believe that the peace and prosperity of Japan, in harmony with foreign relations, have now been placed on a lasting foundation under the strong government of his Majesty the Tycoon.

Official copies of the foregoing documents, and instructions in connection therewith, from his Majesty the Tycoon will no doubt reach your excellency at an early day, and I now have the honor to request you at once to appoint commissioners for the negotiation with the foreign representatives of amendments in the tariff, so urgently needed both for Japanese and foreign interests.

With respect and esteem,

A. L. C. PORTMAN, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States in Japan.

His Excellency Midsuno Idsumi no Kami, Minister for Foreign Affairs, &c., &c., &c., Yedo.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗

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.