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2 unusual facts about Treaty of Amity and Commerce


Gustaf Philip Creutz

So, as faith would have it, Sweden was the first country (after the UK) who recognized the young American republic, and Creutz and Franklin drafted the first Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the two nations.

Korean immigration to Hawaii

The Americans later returned pursuing a treaty, resulting in the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in 1882.


Ansei

July 29, 1959 (Ansei 5): Tairo Ii Naosuke signs Japanese-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce (also known as the "Harris Treaty"), which was a follow-up to the 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa.

Zenpuku-ji

Under the 1859 Treaty of Amity and Commerce, the first Tokyo legation of the United States of America was established at Zenpuku-ji under Consul-General Townsend Harris.


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