Category:Townsend Harris
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| Date of birth | 3 October 1804 Washington County | ||||
| Date of death | 25 February 1878 New York City | ||||
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English: Townsend Harris (October 3, 1804 – February 25, 1878) was a successful New York City merchant and minor politician, and the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the "Harris Treaty" between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened the Empire of Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period.
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Media in category "Townsend Harris"
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Abraham Lincoln to the Shogun of Japan 14 November 1861.jpg 2,438 × 1,856; 875 KB
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Gyokusen-ji Memorial stone.jpg 1,024 × 576; 303 KB
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Signature of Townsend Harris (1804–1878).png 184 × 45; 12 KB
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Townsend Harris Portrait by James Bogle 1855.png 1,211 × 1,659; 1.55 MB
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Townsend Harris, first American envoy in Japan (IA townsendharris00grifrich).pdf 729 × 1,212, 382 pages; 16.66 MB
