Mr. Seward to Mr. Harris.
U.S. Department of State · 1861
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Description
Late in his time as minister to Japan, Townsend Harris received this letter from Secretary of State William H. Seward, dated 19 November 1861. It is document 656 in the Foreign Relations volume for 1862. The two men had traded letters across the Pacific for years by then.
Much of Seward's outward mail that fall dealt with the war and the risk that other lands might back the South. His letters to Japan kept a smaller file in order at the same time. This one shows the reach of his desk. From a capital at war, he still wrote to a lone envoy on the far side of the world.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | U.S. Department of State |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1861 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 874 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |
Source: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1862/d656