Definition of Townsend Harris

1. Noun. United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878).

Exact synonyms: Harris
Generic synonyms: Diplomat, Diplomatist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Townsend Harris

Tours
Tourtual's membrane
Tourtual's sinus
Touton giant cell
Tovell tube
Tower Bridge
Tower of Babel
Tower of London
Tower of Pisa
Towers of Babel
Towne projection
Towne projection radiograph
Towne view
Townsend
Townsend Harris (current term)
Townsendia
Townsendia Exscapa
Townshend
Townson
Towser
Toxascaris leonina
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Toxicodendron quercifolium
Toxicodendron radicans
Toxicodendron vernicifluum
Toxicodendron vernix
Toxocara mystax
Toxoplasma

Literary usage of Townsend Harris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Intercourse Between the United States and Japan: An Historical Sketch by Inazō Nitobe (1891)
"Disappointed, she steered to Hakodate where she was no more successful.1 Advent of Townsend Harris.1 According to Article XI of the treaty, an American Con- ..."

2. Americans in Eastern Asia: A Critical Study of the Policy of the United by Tyler Dennett (1922)
"APPOINTMENT OF Townsend Harris—INSTRUCTIONS AND TREATY WITH SIAM Townsend Harris 1 had been a merchant in New York City, distinguished for his public spirit ..."

3. Americans in Eastern Asia: A Critical Study of the Policy of the United by Tyler Dennett (1922)
"APPOINTMENT OF Townsend Harris—INSTRUCTIONS AND TREATY WITH SIAM Townsend Harris l had been a merchant in New York City, distinguished for his public spirit ..."

4. The Early Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Japan, 1853-1865 by Payson Jackson Treat (1917)
"CHAPTER II Townsend Harris, FIRST CONSUL-GENERAL The news that Commodore Perry had succeeded in concluding a treaty with Japan was received with mingled ..."

5. Japan, Country, Court, and People by John C. Calhoun Newton (1900)
"Townsend Harris, ANOTHER AMERICAN IN JAPAN. It was Commodore Perry's duty to press open a barred door; it fell to Mr. Townsend Harris to keep it open, ..."

6. The Press and Politics in Japan: A Study of the Relation Between the by Kisaburō Kawabé (1921)
"... the national-seclusion policy; Russian and English expeditions; Commodore Perry's visit and the first treaty of commerce; Townsend Harris; Minister li's ..."

7. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"HARRIS, Townsend, diplomatist, was born in Sandy Hill, NY, Oct. 8, 1804; son of Jonathan Harris, and grandson of Gilbert and Thankful (Townsend) Harris, ..."

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