Description
Hand written document
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Title
- Amerika-koku honchō kō kōeki gansho no wakai 亜墨利加国本朝江交易願書之和解
Contributors
- Unknown (Contributor)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1853
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Identifier
- Identifier TypeLocally defined identifierIdentifier ValueThe Melikian Collection L2011.008.039
Note
- Dimension: 6 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.
- English title: Trade proposal agreement between America and our country
- The hand-written document translates the letters written by Matthew Perry and President Millard Fillmore to the Emperor of Japan in 1852 and delivered in 1853. Included are details of the subsequent commerical treaties between the U.S. and Japan with mention of other treaties for Britain, Holland, Russia, France, etc. Dates on the document cover the period from 1852 to 1859.
