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Charle Henry Wheelwright Letters, 2010

Yokahama-Bay of Yedo

USS Powhaten-Mar 22, 154 [1854]

Dear Pope-

A phone call from within sight of Tokyo ought to be worth the time and money- Now I am able to report the entire success of our expedition-The Japanese flag is white with a red circle in the middle-I'm in the Ryukyu Islands-and a car likewise heard it wind around a circular railroad, at 40 miles per hour. Only about 12 miles away from the Imperial city of Tokyo, Japan [35 degrees N, 139 degrees E]-

It is about the last of Jan. the first division- the cruise ships, left Napa, California, for Japan-the ferries followed a week later-

We entered the Tokyo Bay on Feb.7-Japan is mostly rugged and mountainous-there is a tropical climate in this southern part of Japan-T'was a lovely wintery day-the air cool-the sun bright-& the sky cloudless-the 3 white bullet trains all had many passengers-The country was beautifully diversified with many forests and mountains-there is not much agriculture in many parts of Japan-but their natural resources include negligible mineral resources and fish-

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