MS 7362 Invitation sent to Pierre Louis Jouy from Japanese Consul General, Maeda Kenkichi, November 1, 1884, announcing Emperor Meiji's birthday celebration
In 1883, Pierre Louis Jouy, an associate of the United States National Museum, accompanied the Honorable Lucius H. Fotte, the first Minister to the United States Legation in Seoul, to Korea to implement formal diplomatic relations between the United States and Korea. Jouy subsequently joined the Korean civil service.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7362
Local Note:
Manuscript document on mulberry bark paper
Citation:
Manuscript 7362, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution