Horace Capron papers, 1837-1884 (inclusive).

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Horace Capron papers, 1837-1884 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702168503

Mainly correspondence between U.S. and Japanese officials dealing with the business of the Kaitakushi (of which General Capron was commissioner and adviser), a department of the Japanese Government in charge of the settlement of Hokkaido. Persons prominent in the collection include David Amomen, Thomas Antisell, Murray S. Day, Joseph Henry, Thornton A. Jenkins, Governor K. Kuroda, Benjamin S. Lyman, Henry S. Monroe, George M. Robeson, John R. Rogers, William Tecumseh Sherman, and James R. Wasson.

2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

eng,

jpn,

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Monroe, Henry Smith.

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