BIB_ID
103796
Accession number
MA 22366
Creator
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, signer.
Display Date
Washington, D.C., 1852 November 13.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 26.6 x 20.5 cm
Notes
Printed document filled out in unknown hand and signed by Millard Fillmore.
Docketed in ink on verso "13th Novr 1852 / Full power to M.C. / Perry to negotiate & / conlcude treaty with Japan."
Docketed in ink on verso "13th Novr 1852 / Full power to M.C. / Perry to negotiate & / conlcude treaty with Japan."
Summary
Authorizing and directing the Secretary of State (Daniel Webster) to affix the seal of the United States to be affixed to a full power authorising Capt. M. C. Perry to sign a treaty with the Emperor of Japan (Tokugawa Ieyoshi).
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