Letter
PRUYN, Minister Resident in Japan to William H. Seward, May 1, 1863
Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward
No. 17.]
Legation of the United States in Japan, Yedo, May 1, 1863.
I have the honorSir: to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, (No. 29,) of the 13th December, 1862, which, immediately on its receipt, I read to the governors for foreign affairs; on which occasion I again urged, in the strongest possible manner, the necessity of bringing the offenders, in the tragical transaction therein referred to, to punishment, and to make reparation without delay.
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, Washington.
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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-eighth .