TY - GEN AU - Corning,H.K. TI - H.K. Corning diaries, KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - Japan KW - Taishikan (U.S.) KW - Secession KW - South Carolina KW - Foreign relations KW - United States KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - Commerce KW - Politics and government KW - 1775-1865 KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - 1861-1865 KW - Commission agents KW - itoamc N1 - Open to research N2 - 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 ER -