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    <title>H.K. Corning diaries, 1860-1871</title>
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    <namePart>Corning, H. K.</namePart>
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  <abstract>Diaries pertaining to Corning's business and personal affairs and to political matters.  Subjects include the establishment of the Japanese embassy in the U.S., the secession of South Carolina, Abraham Lincoln's presidency and assassination, and the Civil War.  Newspaper clippings interspersed throughout the diaries.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Commission agent of New York, N.Y.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Lincoln, Abraham</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1809-1865</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Lincoln, Abraham</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1809-1865</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Assassination</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
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      <namePart>Japan.</namePart>
      <namePart>Taishikan (U.S.)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Secession</topic>
    <geographic>South Carolina</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Japan</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>New York (N.Y.)</geographic>
    <topic>Commerce</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>South Carolina</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1775-1865</temporal>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Japan</geographic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1861-1865</temporal>
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    <occupation>Commission agents</occupation>
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  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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