[Journal commenced at Kanagawa, Japan, Nov. 1, 1859 ...]. 1859-1866.

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[Journal commenced at Kanagawa, Japan, Nov. 1, 1859 ...]. 1859-1866.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10109933

Author's holograph account of his activities and travels in Japan as the first American president of the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce during the final crucial years of Tokugawa Shogunate. Includes accounts on Townsend Harris and his official interpreter, Huesken.

v. A-I, K-S (e.i. 18 pts, 885 p.) ; 36 cm.

Cleveland Public Library, Main Library

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Cleveland Public Library, Main Library

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