XXXV. MATTHEW PERRY AS A MAN 395 XXXVI. WORKS THAT FOLLOW 409 ======== APPENDICES. Chapter Page I. AUTHORITIES 427 II. ORIGIN OF THE PERRY NAME AND FAMILY 429 III. THE NAME CALBRAITH 430 IV. THE FAMILY OF M. C. PERRY 431 V. OFFICIAL DETAIL OF M. C. PERRY 433 VI. THE NAVAL APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM 435 VII. DUELLING 440 VIII. MEMORIALS IN ART OF M. C. PERRY 443 ======== INDEX 447 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. COMMODORE MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY THE UNITED STATES STEAM FRIGATE “MISSISSIPPI” PERRY AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-FOUR CONVEYANCE AT FUNCHAL COMMODORE PERRY ENTERING THE TREATY-HOUSE SIGNATURES AND PEN-SEALS OF THE JAPANESE TREATY COMMISSIONERS SILVER SALVER IN POSSESSION OF COMMODORE PERRY’S DAUGHTER, MRS. AUGUST BELMONT MEDAL PRESENTED BY THE MERCHANTS OF BOSTON COMMODORE PERRY’S AUTOGRAPH P R E F A C E. AMONG the earliest memories of a childhood spent near the now vanished Philadelphia Navy Yard, are the return home of the marines and sailors from the Mexican war, the launch of the noble steam frigate _Susquehanna_, the salutes from the storeship _Princeton_, and the exhibit of the art treasures brought home by the United States Expedition to Japan—all associated with the life of Commodore M. C. Perry. Years afterwards, on the shores of that bay made historic by his diplomacy, I heard the name of Perry spoken with reverence and enthusiasm. The younger men of Japan, with faces flushed with new ideas of the Meiji era, called him the moral liberator of their nation. Many and eager were the questions asked concerning his career, and especially his personal history.