Bücher von Ian Ruxton

LARGE PAPERBACK. This book contains part of the voluminous work-related private correspondence sent to Sir Ernest Satow while he was Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan (1895-1900) from the Satow Papers held at The National Archives, Kew, London, transcribed and published in full from mostly handwritten originals with annotations added by the editor for scholars and researchers.This is Volume Two, and contains mainly letters to Satow from the Yokohama consulate. There are also letters from the Judges of H.M. Court in Japan, R.A. Mowat (PRO 30/33 6/5) and H.S. Wilkinson (6/6), and from R.D. Robison, Chairman of the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce (6/13). A third volume is now in preparation.

A list of the almost 1,400 letters held in Sir Ernest Satow's General Correspondence files (1906-1927) at the National Archives of the UK. They are mostly addressed to Satow in retirement but there are also some copies of letters from him. This listing, published for the first time, is intended to assist researchers and scholars by giving them an overview of the extensive collection of this most meticulous of diplomats.