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Commodore Matthew Perry, Who Opened Western Trade with Japan, ALS

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Commodore Matthew Perry, Who Opened Western Trade with Japan, ALS

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Commodore Matthew Perry, Who Opened Western Trade with Japan, ALS

1p of a bifolium, measuring 7.75" x 10", Tarry Town, dated May 24, 1845. Signed "M.C. Perry" and addressed to John Clapham, a gunner. Perry writes a letter of recommendation for Clapham, in full: "I have great pleasure in stating that your conduct as Gunner of the Frigate Macedonia during her late cruise upon the Coast of Africa was in all respects correct and I consider you perfectly qualified for the station then and now held by you." With flattened mail folds, light edge toning, and soiling. Further soiling on verso. Boldly signed.

Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) was a U.S. Navy commodore who served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War. Upon the invention of the steam engine, Perry became a leading advocate for modernizing the U.S. Navy, and gained the moniker "The Father of the Steam Navy." With his expeditions to Japan, Perry also played a leading role in opening Japan to Western trade in 1854.

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Commodore Matthew Perry, Who Opened Western Trade with Japan, ALS

Name: Commodore Matthew Perry, Who Opened Western Trade with Japan, ALS
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