When by the Townsend Harris treaty of 1858, Yokohama and Nagasaki in Japan were opened to trade and residence, Brown sailed for the former port and opened a school in which hundreds of young men, afterwards leaders in various walks of life, were educated.
When by the Townsend Harris treaty of 1858, Kanagawa and Nagasaki in Japan were opened to trade and residence, Brown sailed for the former arriving on November 3,1859. At Yokohama, the nearby treaty port, he opened a school in which hundreds of young men, afterwards leaders in various walks of life, were educated.