Letter
Robert H. Pruyn to William H. Seward, January 30, 1864
Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward
No. 16.]
Legation of the United States in Japan, Kanagawa, January 30, 1864.
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received an official notification that the Tycoon, early next month, will visit Kioto for the purpose of meeting the Mikado.
The visit last year had been without precedent for three hundred years. This second visit is more extraordinary still. It is hoped it will tend to a more cordial understanding between the Mikado and Tycoon, and to a more favorable foreign policy.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
ROBERT. H. PRUYN, Minister Resident in Japan.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c., &c., &c.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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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 Thirty-eighth.