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Three copies of an English translation of a letter from the Udaijin [Sanjo Sanetomi] to the British Prime Minister [William Ewart Gladstone] (Yedo?, c. May 1871). One copy is in an identical hand to that of Parkes 33/16.

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A letter (in Japanese) from Tokyo, including the envelope. There is also an accompanying English translation.

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A proof of an English translation of a notification issued by Sanjo Saneyoshi [Sanjo Sanetomi], 17 November 1874, containing translations of articles and a certificate exchanged between representatives of the Japanese and Chinese governments concerning an agreement on Formosa, October 1874, 1 folio. There are two copies, one of which has been cut in two and mounted on a backing sheet labelled 'Certificate Interchanged'.

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...