Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part II

Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward

No. 41.]

Legation of the United States in Japan, Yokohama, June 24, 1863.

Sir: British indemnity paid. United States legation buildings at Yedo destroyed by fire on the 24th ultimo. Letters received by treaty powers demanding their withdrawal, pursuant to orders of Mikado and Tycoon from Kioto.

I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,

ROBERT H. PRUYN, Minister Resident in Japan.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington.

(Above despatch sent to collector, San Francisco, to be telegraphed.)