William W. Finney
4/7/1860
Today was a very sad day for me: the USS Powhatan left San Francisco for Panama, including my officer friends. Unfortunately, my friends aboard the USS Powhatan left before I could say goodbye or even ask what their journey to Panama was about or for. However, I do know that the Kanrin Maru joined the USS Powhatan on their voyage to Central America, Panama. Although I have only met the Japanese officers of the Kanrin Maru once and am not that close with them, I still regret them leaving San Francisco so soon and without a chance to get to know the Kanrin Maru officers better. I will miss the Kanrin Maru officers dearly, oh and my friends aboard the USS Powhatan also.
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ReplyDeleteI hope you will see your Japanese friends again, hopefully our 2 countries will become close allies.
ReplyDelete-Gov. Downey
I also wish that we could have interacted more with you and all the member of the USS Powhatan. I am sad that we were not able to leave at the same time and continue our journeys together. Perhaps we shall meet at a later point in time.
ReplyDelete-Manjiro John Nakahama
It was a very sad day for us as well.
ReplyDelete-Fukuzawa Yukichi