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Matthew Calbraith Perry
Reproduction of the original: Matthew Calbraith Perry by William Elliot Griffis
Matthew Calbraith Perry Additional Correspondence
Letters written by Perry discuss personal finance issues, duties at home, and naval news. Collection contains a letter of appointment to Perry written by John Adams, a book called "Presentation of the Relics of Matthew Perry" from Japan, letter to John Rockefeller from the US Naval Academy about Matthew Perry, a biography of Matthew Perry, a personal account written about Perry's visit to Japan by a native, and a printed booklet summarizing the Japan trip. Also contained in the collection is a book of illustrations of Newport, newspaper clippings about Matthew Perry and his family, genealogical material, and a deed of sale to Matthew Perry of Peel Island for $50.00. There is also a letter containing information of the Perry family coat of arms.
Matthew Calbraith Perry
A Typical American Naval Officer Among the earliest memories of a childhood spent near the now vanished Philadelphia Navy Yard, are the return home of the marines and sailors from the Mexican war, the launch of the noble steam frigate Susqurkanna, the salutes from the store-ship Princeton, and the exhibit of the art treasures brought home by the United States Ex pedition to Japan - all associated with the life of Commodore M. C. Perry. Years afterwards. On the shores of that bay made historic by his diplomacy, I heard the name of Perry spoken with reverence and enthusiasm. The younger men of Japan, with faces flushed with new ideas of the Meiji era, called him the moral liberator of their n...
Matthew Calbraith Perry Correspondence
Contains letters to Perry, many pertaining to naval affairs and letters to him from U.S. presidents concerning his expedition to Japan and his 3 volume published report on it; and copies of presidential documents of appointment and on international treaties that reflect the work of Perry and his relatives who also served as naval officers and diplomats. Also includes the correspondence of family members August Belmont, Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont, and Jane Slidell Perry among other items.
Matthew Calbraith Perry
Best remembered for leading a naval and diplomatic expedition to Japan in 1853, Perry succeeded where others before him had failed with the signing of a treaty that established formal diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan and ended Japan's isolation from the West. To this day Perry remains a respected figure in Japan as well as in the United Slates."--BOOK JACKET.
The Great Commodore
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Matthew Calbraith Perry
Bonded Leather binding
