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MSA SC 1214-1-1
Dates1852-1860
MediumManuscript, copies, typescript, original, photosta
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Historical notes and speech concerning Japanese contacts with Maryland. Includes notes on Baltimore's earliest contacts with Japan; Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan, 1852; the first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States, 1860 and Joseph Heco, a Japanese sailor educated in Baltimore 1854. Collection includes newspaper excerpts 1852 and 1860; biography of Joseph Heco, and the History of Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefectural Government [see Library 16-01-01].