Papers, 1856-1978, 1885-1962 (bulk)

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Papers, 1856-1978, 1885-1962 (bulk)

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Papers consist of letters, letter books, legal documents, and miscellaneous printed matter. Bulk of the collection consists of letter books kept by Harris during his residence in Japan as United States Consul General as well as government account books, passports, and letters of credence. Also included are clippings about Harris and the Townsend Harris Monument in Shimoda, Japan. Principal correspondents include Sir John Bowring, Sir Rutherford Alcock, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Lewis Cass, William Marcy Learned, Hotta-Bitchu-No-Kami Masayoshi, Abe Ise-No-Kami Masahiro, Matsudaira Iga-No-Kami Tadakata, Jan Hendrick Donker Curtius, Eben May Dorr, Sandwith Drinker, Henry C.J. Heusken, Elisha E. Rice, Josiah Tattnall, and John G. Walsh.

ca. 10 cubic ft.

eng,

jpn,

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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871

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Josiah Tattnall (1795-1871) was the son of Governor Josiah Tattnall and Harriet Fenwick Tattnall. At the age of 10, he was sent to London for his education, where he remained until he was sixteen. Upon his return, he was appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy. He had attained the rank of Commander when he resigned in 1861 to return to Georgia. He was appointed Senior Flag Officer of the Georgia Navy. In 1862, with the rank of Captain CSN, he was in command of Confederate naval defenses in Virgini...

Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...

Rice, E. E. (Elisha E.)

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United States. Consulate (Japan)

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Drinker, Sandwith, 1808-1858

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Masahiro, Abe Ise-No-Kami.

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Tadakata, Matsudaira Iga-No-Kami.

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Heusken, Henry C. J., 1832-1861

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Biography Heusken served as secretary and interpreter for Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul-General in Japan; he sailed from Brooklyn Harbor in October 1855, reached Siam and later Japan; he died in the winter of 1861. From the guide to the Henri C.J. Heusken Papers, 1855-1861, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.) ...

Dorr, Eben May.

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Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857

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New York attorney and statesman; served as United States Secretary of State under President Pierce. From the description of William Learned Marcy letter, 1857 Mar. 15. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 255631874 Senator, Governor of New York, 1833-39. From the description of Letter 1834 March 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617820 Secretary of War under Polk. Secretary of State under Pierce. From the description of Autog...

Masayoshi, Hotta-Bitchu-No-Kami.

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Bridgman, E. C. (Elijah Coleman), 1801-1861

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Donker Curtius, J. H. (Jan Hendrik), 1813-1879

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Harris, Townsend, 1804-1878

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Harris was born Oct. 3, 1804 in Sandy Hill, NY; at age 13 started work at a dry goods store in NYC; joined his father and brother in business importing china; elected as a Democrat to the Board of Education in 1846, where he successfully led the fight for a free college which later became the College of the City of New York; purchased a trading ship, sailed to California, and undertook voyages in the Pacific and Indian Oceans which ended in financial disaster; in 1855 he was appointed US Consul ...

Walsh, John G.

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Alcock, Rutherford, Sir, 1809-1897

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Rutherford Alcock was born in 1809. Following his father into the medical profession, he became a surgeon in the Marine Brigade in Portugal in 1833, later serving with the Spanish Legion until 1837. In 1840, he was appointed consul in Shanghai, advancing to the consulate in Canton in 1854. In 1858, Alcock accepted the post of consul-general in Japan, and the following year became the first British Minister to Japan. He was knighted on his return to Britain in 1862, following an attack by a band ...