visited Japan before 1868 Sakoku References Bibliography A full-text copy of this book. External links Selected comments from Harris's conversation with Bakufu Grand Councillor Hotta Masayoshi on December 12, 1857 "Adrift at Shimoda". Letter from Harris to U.S. Secretary of State Lewis Cass, September 11, 1858. 1804 births 1878 deaths People from Hudson Falls, New York Ambassadors of the United States to Japan 19th-century American diplomats City College of New York people Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery