Papers, 1855-1892.

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Papers, 1855-1892.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39287188

Collection consists of a microfilm copy of the original journal and letters of Townsend Harris, the first US Consul to Japan, from the original manuscript at the College of the City of New York.

1 oversize box.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7413043

University of California, Los Angeles

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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 ...