[To the Reverend Jerome D. Davis?]
August 24, 1875
I have already presented the petition for our school, and
especially for hiring a missionary; and in order to gain the governor's
favor I made a friendly call on him last night. He strongly advised
me to go to Tokyo as soon as possible, or not any later than our
petition reaches the central government. I am deliberately following
the advice of the governor, who so recently came back from Tokyo
and knows exactly the present state of things in the central
government.
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