The gold medal struck in Boston had on its face the head of “Commodore M. C. Perry,” and on the reverse the following legend with a circle of laurel and oak leaves: “Presented to Com. M. C. Perry, Special Minister from the United States of America, By Merchants of Boston, In token of their appreciation of his services in negotiating the treaty with Japan signed at Yoku-hama, March 31, and with Lew Chew at Napa, July 11, 1854.” On the band at the base of the wreath is the word _Mississippi_, and over it the figures of two Japanese junks, between the sterns of American ships. Copies of this medal in silver and bronze were received by subscribers to the gold original. The die was cut by F. N. Mitchell. INDEX. A. Adams, Will, 353. Admiral, 212, 396, 397. Admiralty, British, 48, 103, 130. Alabama Claims, 2. Albany, 365. Alexander, Sarah, 5, 6. American Geographical Society, 386, 408. Anecdotes, see under Perry. Annapolis, 22-24, 197, 250, 305, 439, 443. Antarctic Exploration, 107-109. Arctic Exploration, 9, 87, 102. Army and Marine Officers: Capron, Horace, 306, 307. Coppée, Henry, 397. Edson, 249. Forrest, 202, 250. Holzinger, D. S., 229. Lee, R. E., 228, 130. Patterson, R., 227, 277. Pillow, 237. Perry, O. H., 297, 354, 394, 432. Quitman, 238, 239. Ringgold, 150. Scott, Winfield, 210, 218, 221, 222, 233-237, 252, 257. Shaw, R., 270, 261-263, 298, 378, 391. Steptoe, 239. Taylor, Zachary, 209, 218, 282. Totten, 337. Viele, 267. Watson, 257. Worth, W. T., 237. Asiatic Society of Japan, 420, 421, 424. Artillery, see Ordnance. Ashburton Treaty, 167. Authors quoted or referred to: Adams, F. O. 431. Addison, 139, 194, 403. Audubon, 368. Arthur, Rev. Wm., 431. Bancroft, Herbert, 260. Berkely, 13. Black, J. R., 409. Bowditch, 352. Brinckley, F., 420. Comte de Paris, 134. Confucius, 357. Cooper, J. F., 139. Darwin, 108. Dimon, S. C., 366. Halleck, Fitz Greene, 69, 75. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 376, 377, 385. Hildreth, 272. Hugo, Victor, 35. Irving, W., 29, 130, 383. James, 30, 43. Japanese, 316, 330, 341, 342, 346, 362, 363, 370. Johnston, Alex., 213. Kaempfer, 295. Longfellow, 431. Mackenzie, A. S., 73, 74. Mencius, 351. Oliphant L., 417. Osborne, Sherard, 409. Parker, W. H., 149, 199. Perry, Hext M., 429. Poe, Edgar A., 137, 383. Roosevelt, 7, 31, 49. Satow, Ernest, 428. Semmes, Raphael, 240. Shakespeare, 430. Smith, Sydney, 308. Spalding, J. W., 310, 353, 372. Taylor, Bayard, 310. Taylor, F. W., 200, 246. Taylor, Henry, 35. Tomes, R., 384, 385, 403, 444. Von Siebold, 294. Watson, R. G., 62. Webb, J. W., 140, 303, 387, 388. Wordsworth, 9. B.