Letter

VAN VALKENBURGH, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan to Their Excellencies the, May 18, 1867

Author

VAN VALKENBURGH, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan

Recipient

Their Excellencies the

Date

May 18, 1867

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Van Valkenburgh to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

No. 46.]

Legation of the United States in Japan, Osacca, May 18, 1867.

I have the honor to inform your excellencies that I shall leave for Yedo on the day after to-morrow.

The promptness and liberality with which your government have carried out their engagements in relation to the approaching opening of the two ports and cities, the many civilities shown not only to myself but also to the civil and naval officers who accompanied me, and particularly the courteous manner in which they were extended on all occasions, have made my visit to this place one of unmingled satisfaction, and inspired me with perfect confidence for the future.

I now beg to request your excellencies on my behalf to tender to his Majesty the Tycoon and to accept for yourselves my sincere thanks for all those courtesies, together with the assurance that I shall not fail to properly represent them to my government, by which they will be duly appreciated.

With respect and esteem,

R. B. VAN VALKENBURGH, Minister Resident of the United States in Japan.

Their Excellencies the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Yedo.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Fortie 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 Second Session of the Fortie.