Speiden, William approximately 1836-approximately 1910 creator mixed material monographic eng 18 3 0.8 Journals kept by Speiden, purser's clerk on the USS Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer), a flagship during the U.S. naval expedition to Japan led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, 1852-1854. Speiden provided a detailed account of the reception given to Perry and his party and of deliberations between Perry and representatives of the emperor of Japan held in Yokohama-shi, Japan. Speiden also described life at sea, calls at ports on the east coast of the U.S., investigation of fishing rights in Canadian waters, and stops made during the expedition to Japan, including Canton, China, the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Hakodate-shi, Japan, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Macao, the Madeira Islands, Malacca, Mauritius, the Ryukyu (Loo Choo) Islands, Saint Helena, San Francisco, Calif., Shanghai, China, Shimoda-shi, Japan, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), and Valparaíso, Chile. Includes nearly fifty illustrations, some of which are are pith paintings which have been removed from journals and housed separately. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Microfilm edition available, no. 22,423. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2001. Purser's clerk. Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Perry, Matthew Calbraith 1794-1858 United States. Navy Sea life Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer) Coasts China Description and travel Fisheries Canada United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854) Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Description and travel Guangzhou (China) Description and travel Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) Description and travel Hakodate-shi (Japan) Description and travel Hawaii Description and travel Hong Kong (China) Description and travel Japan Description and travel Japan Foreign relations United States Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) Description and travel Madeira Islands Description and travel Malacca (State) Description and travel Mauritius Description and travel Ryukyu Islands Description and travel Saint Helena Description and travel Shanghai (China) Description and travel Shimoda-shi (Japan) Description and travel Singapore Description and travel Sri Lanka Description and travel United States Foreign relations Japan Valparaíso (Chile) Description and travel Yokohama-shi (Japan) Description and travel Purser's clerks mm 95083045 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 950206 20260227111725.0 mm 95083045