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"I have read 'Townsend Harris' with unspeakable delight.
Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman William Elliot Griffis 1885
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For example, Townsend Harris in Queens got nearly 3,000 first-choice applicants for just 300 spots last year.
Liz Willen: Should Cathie Black Revamp NYC High School Admissions Process? Liz Willen 2010
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For example, Townsend Harris in Queens got nearly 3,000 first-choice applicants for just 300 spots last year.
Liz Willen: Should Cathie Black Revamp NYC High School Admissions Process? Liz Willen 2010
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U.S. consul general Townsend Harris (180478) arrived at Shimoda with instructions to procure a commercial treaty.
1856, Aug 2001
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Mr. HOROWITZ: He went to Townsend Harris and then -- which was a kind of special school where they taught Latin and where he had a very hard time.
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E.st_ (1901); W.E. Griffis, _Townsend Harris_ (1896).
The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley
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Townsend Harris shortly afterwards had been appointed consul-general to Japan and his knowledge of the East and his tactful diplomacy had procured increased trade rights and other privileges.
The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley
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The treaty which Townsend Harris negotiated in 1858 stated that
The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power Carl Russell Fish 1904
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Townsend Harris showed his insight into Oriental thought never more clearly than by maintaining his dignity according to Japanese standards and methods.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902
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Townsend Harris, in his journal, remarks on the way in which the
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902
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