Box 132

1 sheet ([5] p.) Visit to Hakusan.

1 sheet ([2] p.) Writes about his teaching, classes and students. Releases a particularly helpful household servant because he is too attracted to her.

2 sheets ([7] p.) WEG celebrates his 28th birthday. His new home is open to the public for viewing and WEG will move in when they are finished. WEG allows his family to keep the money that was earned from publishing some of his articles. Overall, as Japan begins to transition from an old feudal state, WEG wants to help "lay the foundations of a modern civilization."

2 sheets ([12] p.) Writes about students, the school, classes, weather, and crops. Attends a parade in honor of Japan's Civil War. Also discusses the dilemma of the clause in teaching contracts (Clark's in particular) that prohibits the teaching of religion in all forms. Very unusual page order.

1 sheet ([4] p.) WEG apprenticed at Carrow, Thibant [?] & Co. Jewelers starting at age fifteen.

n.l. 1 sheet ([2] p.) Incomplete.

3 sheets ([10] p.) WEG notes that Japan is rapidly changing. WEG is paid by the Imperial Government now. Sketch of the neighborhood where he is living in Fukui.

n.l. Celebrates Christmas Eve with Japanese boys. Lively celebration of birth of a great Buddhist priest born 500 years ago. Announces he'll go to teach in Yedo. No closing. 3 sheets ([11] p.) with envelope [not contemporary]

Justifies how he was transferred to Yedo and that Fukui did not want him to leave. Is sending a box home as soon as roads are clear of snow. Pupils, officers and citizens bid WEG farewell. No signature. 3 sheets ([12] p.)

2 sheets (8 p.) Describes journey from Fukui to Yokohama on the Tokaido highway. A church is organizing in Yokohama and WEG wants MCG to send his old sermons to be rewritten. The Japanese government is putting forth its first effort to educate women and the salary will be $1200. WEG encourages MCG and others to contemplate the opportunity.