Letter
[Untitled], The 5th day of the 1st month of the 3d year of his Majesty, (February 9, 1867.)
[Untitled]
His Excellency R. B. Van Valkenburgh, Minister Resident of the United States of America, &c., &c., &c.:
We have the honor to inform your excellency that, in compliance with a desire, expressed on behalf of the French government, that our nobility, like that of other countries, should be represented on the occasion of the opening of the international exhibition at Paris, his Majesty, the Tycoon, has resolved upon sending his Highness Tokugawa Minboo Tayn, his youngest brother, to the capital of France.
Stated with respect and esteem,
INOMIGE KAWATSI NO KAMI.
INABA MUIO NO KAMI.
MATSDAIRA SUWO NO KAMI.
OGASAWARA IKI NO KAMI.
The 5th day of the 1st month of the 3d year of his Majesty, (February 9, 1867.)
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Fortie
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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 Fortie.