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 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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2 sheets ([4] p.) Has typed transcript. Describes European-style dinner with Japanese.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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Travels to Osaka and sees fewer Samurai there than in Edo. Also sends home $105 in gold. 1 sheet ([4] p.)

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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1 sheet ([4] p.) Visits and describes a Japanese eating-house. People look at him with curiosity in small towns.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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2 sheets ([8] p.) Describes trip to Fukui and his stay at an inn. Meets Prince Matsudaira. Describes his first impressions of Fukui and has a hand-drawn map of where WEG is staying. Includes note written by KGMJ.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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Father lost his job so WEG will send as much money as he can. MCG will not be able to tutor Japanese girls in Philadelphia because women are not permitted to travel outside of Japan.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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n.l. Includes a sketch. 2 sheets ([5] p.) Meets Prince Matsudaira at his summer mansion for dinner. WEG lives in the former home of the Tokugawa family. Describes the house and its layout, with diagram.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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3 sheets ([5] p.) Describes different types of food and WEG's visits to the mountains and the Yellow Sea. Also attends a funeral.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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3 sheets ([6] p.) Describes the Festival of the Dolls and his visit to the theater. Includes small sketches.

 Item — Box: 132, Folder: 8

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1 sheet ([4] p.) Comments on Japanese men who are adopting European dress and hair styles. Notes that at parties, women and men do not mingle or interact. Asks for a variety of school materials for a French and German class that he is teaching. No closing, difficult to read page 4.