TY  - GEN
AU  - Bent,Silas
TI  - Silas Bent correspondence,
KW  - Perry, Matthew Calbraith,
KW  - Japan
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Oceanographers
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Letter from Bent to his sister describing his participation in Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan.  Includes detailed descriptions of Japan and its people.  Accompanied by albumin carte de visite photograph of Bent
ER  -