Letter

PRUYN, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan to Duchesne de Bellecourt , His Imperial Majesty’s, December 2, 1862

[Untitled]

No. 131.]

Sir: I have just had an interview with a governor of foreign affairs, and he assures me that the Japanese government have taken every precaution to insure the safety of the seamen and property of the American ship which has been wrecked, and that every assistance will be rendered, and all needful protection given to its crew and our consul,

I avail myself, &c.,

ROBERT H. PRUYN, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan.

His Excellency Duchesne de Bellecourt, His Imperial Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth 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 First Session Thirty-eighth .