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This is the American perspective as it was partially related by Commodore Perry of the initial days of his 'opening' of Japan in 1853.

Extract taken from Robert Tomes, The Americans in Japan: An Abridgement of the Government Narrative of the U.S. Expedition (New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1857)

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