Letter
[Translation.], the 8th day of the 8th month of the 2d year of Kaiao, (September 16, 1866
[Translation.]
His Excellency Hon. R. B. Van Valkenburgh, Minister of the United States :
We wish to send to you, for your information, the enclosed document, which has been issued in regard to the illness of his Majesty the Tycoon.
With respect and esteem, the 8th day of the 8th month of the 2d year of Kaiao, (September 16, 1866.)
INOWEYE KAWATSI NO KAMI.
MATSU DA IRA SUWO NO KAMI.
MATSU DA IRA NO ONE NO KAMI.
[Enclosure.]
His Majesty the Tycoon, having been unwell for some time, finds himself growing worse and worse daily, and it has been officially announced that in case of his Majesty’s death Hitotsbasi Chio-onagon will be his successor. Hitotsbasi has been ordered to command the army as the representative of his Majesty, and he has been directed to carry on with vigor offensive operations against Choshiu.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
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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 of the Thirty.