1914 – Letter from the American Consul General in Yokohama informing an Indiana druggist that he had no chance of obtaining employment in the Japanese chemical industry because of the country’s insularity as well as the uncertainty brought on by World War One
Yokohama: 1914. Envelope or Cover. This one-page letter, dated 2 November 1914, was sent by George Hawthorne Scidmore, the American Consul General in Yokohama, to Harley H. Mote, a druggist in Indianapolis. It is enclosed in an American Consular Service envelope franked with a 10-sen blue stamp (Scott Type A35)..... More
