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Townsend Harris (October 4, 1804 – February 25, 1878) was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period . In New York.
Townsend Harris (born Oct. 3, 1804, Sandy Hill, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 25, 1878, New York City) was a U.S. politician and diplomat, the first Western consul to reside in Japan, whose influence helped shape the future course of Japanese–Western relations.
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Townsend Harris High School was refounded in 1984 thanks largely to the efforts of alumni of the original school, who had begun the process in 1980.
Townsend Harris High School at Queens College (often shortened to Townsend Harris High School, Townsend Harris, or simply Townsend, and often abbreviated as THHS) is a public magnet high school for the humanities in the New York City borough of Queens.
Townsend Harris. In July 1856, Townsend Harris became the first American diplomat to serve as the Consul General to Japan in Shimoda. Harris was sent to Japan to conclude The Treaty of Amity and Commerce.
Students fall into a screened admissions groups based on the average of their final seventh-grade core course grades (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies). This average must fall into the top percentage of students citywide or at a student’s school in order to fall within a certain admissions group.
160 years ago Townsend Harris, a native of New York and the first U.S. Consul General to Japan, became one of the first Americans to ever set foot in Japan. He landed in Shimoda, a small town about 85 miles southwest of Edo (modern day Tokyo).
