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Letters from Tokyo (Yedo). The correspondents include Victor Faga; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan; [ ] Keswick; Kenneth Macrae; Charles Maries; Terashima Numenori; Harry Smith Parkes; John Pitman; and Herbert Smith (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.).

Scope and Contents Copies of four despatches exchanged between John Armor Bingham and Hamilton Fish, and of related correspondence. The copies are undated, and are written in an identical hand to that of Parkes 16/6. They include the following items:Despatch from Bingham, Tokei, to Fish, 24 October 1876.Despatch from Fish, Washington D.C., to Bingham, 20 December 1876.Despatch from Bingham, Tokei, to Fish, 18 January 1877, with a letter from Thomas Brodhead Van Buren, 'Kanagawa...

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Documents in Chinese concerning relations between China and Japan, particularly with regard to the issue of the island of Liu-ch'iu, including copies of treaties; name cards of officials; and correspondence between Ho Ju-chang, the Chinese minister in Japan, and Terajima (Terashima Munenori), the Japanese Foreign Minister.

Scope and Contents A document printed for the use of the Foreign Office containing copies of items concerning a dispute over the right of the foreign community in Yokohama to land or embark from the sea front of their residences. The document includes a letter from Parkes, Yedo, to Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, 12 May 1874; a letter from Parkes, Yedo, to Terashima Munenori, 9 May 1874; a letter from Russell Brooke Robertson, Kanagawa, to Parkes, 6 May 1874; a notice issued by Alexander E. Olarovsky (Russian...

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An English translation of a letter from Ho and 'Chang' to Terashima, 7 October 1878.

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An undated manuscript translation into English of a letter from Terashima Munenori (Tokyo?) to Parkes, 23 April 1871, includes a list of proposed alterations to treaties, with annotations in Parkes' hand.

Scope and Contents A letter from Charles James Fife Stuart, London, to Parkes, 16 January 1873, 1 bifolio, including the envelope, enclosing copies, prepared by Murray & Hutchins, solicitors, of documents concerning a seven per cent sterling loan to the Japanese government for £2,400,000:Imperial decree from Sanjo Sanetomi to Yoshida Kiyonari, 23 March 1872, 3 folios (tied together): an English translation by S. Shioda and G. Foukoutsi [Fukuchi Genichiro], London, 14 December 1872, certified by...

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Letters from Tokyo (Yedo). The correspondents include Francis Ottiwell Adams; A.R. Brown; Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan; the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs; Terashima Numenori; Russell Brooke Robertson; and Soyedjima Taneomi.

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A copy of a report (in French) from Lieutenant Dubousquet to Léon Roches concerning a discussion between Dubousquet, Higashi-Kouzé [Higashi Kuzé Chiyo] and Terashima (Munenori?) regarding consular representation in Japan, dated Yokohama, 26 August 1868. The document is labelled 'Communicated by Monsr. Outrey' [Ange Maxime Outrey, French diplomat].

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An undated manuscript copy of the treaty between Japan and Hawaii signed by Charles E. De Long, on behalf of King Kamehameha V of the Hawaiian Islands, and by Sawa Nobuyoshi and Terashima Munenori, on behalf of the Emperor Meiji of Japan, dated Yedo, 19 August 1871, followed by a copy of the ratification of the treaty signed by Kamehameha and Charles C. Harris, Honolulu, 11 May 1871 [sic].