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If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

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Townsend Harris
Age: 73 †
Born: 1804
Born: October 3
Died: 1878
Died: February 25
Diplomat
Washington County
New York
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Japan
France
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England
Broken
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War

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