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A Cycle of American Diplomats in Japan
Clement, Ernest Wilson | January 31, 1918 issue

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The article discusses about cycle of appointments from the first American Consul-General to Japan to the present American Ambassador to Japan. Townsend Harris was appointed as Consul-General by the U.S. President Franklin Pierce in 1855. He arrived at Shimoda on August 21, 1856; and there on September 4, he hoisted over the Consulate the "Stars and Stripes" -- the "first consular flag" ever seen in Japan. It was on November 30, 1856 that Harris, having carried the U.S. flag all that way, set foot in Yedo.

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DIPLOMATS; AMBASSADORS; DIPLOMATIC & consular service; HARRIS, Townsend; PIERCE, Franklin, 1804-1869; JAPAN
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