TY  - GEN
AU  - Speiden,William
TI  - William Speiden journals,
KW  - Perry, Matthew Calbraith,
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Sea life
KW  - Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer)
KW  - United States Naval Expedition to Japan
KW  - (1852-1854)
KW  - Coasts
KW  - China
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Fisheries
KW  - Canada
KW  - Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
KW  - Guangzhou (China)
KW  - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
KW  - Hakodate-shi (Japan)
KW  - Hawaii
KW  - Hong Kong (China)
KW  - Japan
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
KW  - Madeira Islands
KW  - Malacca (State)
KW  - Mauritius
KW  - Ryukyu Islands
KW  - Saint Helena
KW  - Shanghai (China)
KW  - Shimoda-shi (Japan)
KW  - Singapore
KW  - Sri Lanka
KW  - Valparaíso (Chile)
KW  - Yokohama-shi (Japan)
KW  - Purser's clerks
KW  - itoamc
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -