An eye-witness accounting of Commodore Perry's first expedition to Japan in July of 1853 by seaman Bayard Taylor, aboard the Flagship "Susquehanna". The "Sealed Letter" of November 13^th, 1852, and Pres. Fillmore's message to Congress on April 6^th, 1852.

Taylor's recounting is taken from his accounts of India, China and Japan, published in 1855.

50 pages.
ISBN: 0-910704-94-5