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THE EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON

TO

THE CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN ,

PERFORMED IN THE TEARS 1852, 1853, am 1864,

UNDER THE COMMAND OF

COMMODORE M. C. PERRY, UNITED STATES NAYY,

BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES .

COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTES AND JOURNALS OF COMMODORE PERRY AND HIS OFFICERS, AT HIS REQUEST, AND

UNDER HIS SUPERVISION,

By FRANCIS L. HAWKS , D. D. L. L. D.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES .

WASHINGTON:

A. O. P. NICHOLSON, PRINTER

1856.