Letter
Soyeshima Tane-omi to De Long, November 19, 1872
[Inclosure 1.—Translation.]
Soyeshima Tane-omi to Mr. De Long.
The 19th day of the 11th month of the 5th year Meiji.
Sir: The calendar heretofore in use having been changed, a new one, called Solar, (Taijo liki,) will be used, the 3d of the coming 12th month having been designated as the 1st of the 1st month.
And I beg leave to communicate to your excellency that we will call next year the 2,533rd year after the inauguration of Inmu Tenno, and the 6th year of Meiji.
With respect, &c.,
SOYESHIMA TANE-OMI.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.