Letter
Van Valkenburgh to William H. Seward, November 16, 1867
[Inclosure 6.]
Legation of the United States in Japan, Yedo, November 16, 1867.
No. 64.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith. (No. 1) copy of an arrangement providing for municipal government at Yokohama, (Kanagawa,) which is unanimously adopted and agreed to by the foreign representatives and the Japanese government.
You will perceive that the principle of exterritoriality has been carefully preserved, and that the citizens of the United States are in all cases of offense answerable only to the jurisdiction of our own authorities.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
R. B. VAN VALKENBURGH.
Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
A true copy:
J. FREDRICO ELMORE,
Secretary Peruvian Legation.
Secretary Peruvian Legation.
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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.