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		Matthew Perry (1794-1858), American naval officer, who commanded the expedition that established United States relations with Japan.
		He began his naval career as midshipman at the age of 15; he advanced to lieutenant in 1813 and to commander in 1826.
		In 1853 Perry was sent on the mission to Japan, a country that had been closed to outsiders since the 17th century.
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		Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 - March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, under the threat of military force.
		Matthew Perry obtained a midshipman's commission in the Navy in 1809, and was initially assigned to USS Revenge, which was under the command of his elder brother.
		Perry's early career saw him assigned to several different ships, including the President, where he was aide to Commodore John Rodgers, which was in a victorious engagement over a British vessel, HMS Little Belt, shortly before the War of 1812 was officially declared.
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		Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
		Matthew Perry got a midshipman's commission in the Navy in 1809, and was initially assigned to Revenge, under the command of his elder brother.
		Perry renamed Cayo Hueso "Thompson's Island" for the Secretary of the Navy Smith Thompson and the harbor "Port Rodgers" for the president of the Board of Navy Commissioners.
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	Matthew Perry (naval officer) Summary
		Matthew C. Perry was born on April 10, 1794, in Newport, R.I. After being educated...
		American naval officer Matthew Calbraith Perry was the commander of the expedition of "fl ships" that opened Japan to the West in 1854 after more than two hundred years of isolation.
		Matthew Calbraith Perry(April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
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		Matthew Perry was the leader of the 1853 expedition to Japan.
		Perry was extremely serious and dignified in public, although he was affectionately called "Old Mat" by his men.
		Perry is sitting next to Henry Adams, his second in command.
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	Commodore Matthew Perry biography
		PERRY, Matthew Calbraith (1794–1858) An American naval officer, brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (q.v.).
		In 1841 he was promoted to be commodore and two years later was assigned to the command of the squadron on the African coast maintained by the United States for the suppression of the slave trade.
		Perry's report was printed by the government in three volumes, under the title The Report of Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan (1856).
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	Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan
		Matthew Calbraith Perry was a sailor in the Navy in the mid nineteenth century.
		Matthew Perry got the position to lead the expedition in 1851 after Commodore Aulick was relieved of the command of the Japan fleet.
		Later, when Perry had recovered from the arthritis attack that had forced him to turn the Japanese away initially, he responded to Japanese demands that he leave and negotiate somewhere else by saying that trade must begin soon, and that all further negotiations were to be carried out in Edo.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Matthew Perry (actor)
		Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts) is a Canadian-American Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American television sitcom Friends, a part he played for 10 years.
		Matthew Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts to an American father, actor John Bennett Perry, and a Canadian mother, Suzanne Perry Morrison (a former press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau).
		Perry developed an addiction to alcohol and to ease this he then became addicted to Vicodin.
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	Oliver Hazard Perry
		American naval officer, was born at South Kingston, Rhode Island, on the 23rd of August 1785.
		With the help of a strong detachment of officers and men from the Atlantic coast he equipped a squadron consisting of one brig, six fine schooners and one sloop.
		Perry commanded the "Java" in the Mediterranean expedition of 1815-16, and he died at Port of Spain in Trinidad on the 23rd of August 1819, of yellow fever contracted on the coast of Brazil.
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		Matthew Calbraith Perry, the Commodore who led the American squadron in their expedition to the China Seas and Japan, was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on April 10, 1794.
		Oliver Perry is known best for the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 where he was the first American to defeat an entire British squadron and return to base with all the ships in the American fleet.
		Younger brother, Matthew Perry, did not achieve as much glory as his brother in the War of 1812, but was promoted to acting lieutenant and was assigned to protect the New York harbor in case of British attack.
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		Matthew Perry got a midshipman's commission in the Navy in 1809, and was initially assigned to Revenge">Revenge, under the command of his elder brother.
		Perry's early career saw him assigned to several ships, including the President">President, where he was aide to Commodore John Rodgers, which was in a victorious engagement over a British vessel, Little Belt">HMS Little Belt, shortly before the War of 1812 was officially declared.
		Perry returned for shore duty to Charleston, South Carolina in 1828, and in 1830 took command of Concord">USS Concord.
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	Matthew Perry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Matthew Perry (naval officer) (1794–1858), American naval officer.
		Matthew Perry (actor) (born 1969), television (Friends, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) and film actor.
		Matt Perry (musician) (born 1989), British musician, former bass player for the rock band Infinite rapture.
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	Perry
		A United States naval officer, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, negotiated tirelessly for several months with Japanese officials to achieve the goal of opening the doors of trade with Japan.
		Perry gained a reputation for taking great effort to insure the health of his crew but also for enforcing strict discipline.
		Perry's grandest accomplishment began in 1850 when he proposed a plan for diplomatic missions to Japan.
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	Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan, 1853
		Perry prepared diligently for the formidable task of inducing Japan to negotiate a document advantageous to the United States.
		The Japanese resisted Perry's proposals, and he temporarily withdrew from the country, promising to return to receive a reply to President Millard Fillmore's request for a treaty.
		Matthew C. Perry was born in Newport, Rhode Island on April 10, 1794, the younger brother of another United States naval officer, Oliver Hazard Perry.
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	Bradley Matthew Perry Whitford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Matthew Perry (actor) - Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an American actor, most famous for playing the role of Chandler Bing on the American television sitcom Friends (1994-2004).
		Perry has also guest starred in Ally McBeal, The West Wing, Scrubs, and has lent his voice to The Simpsons.
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	Modern History Sourcebook: Commodore Matthew Perry: When We Landed in Japan, 1854
		The officers, seamen, and marines who were to accompany the Commodore were selected, and as large a number of them mustered as could possibly be spared from the whole squadron.
		Many of the officers and men were selected by lot, and when the full complement, which amounted to nearly three hundred, was filled up, each one busied himself in getting his person ready for the occasion.
		The officers, as had been ordered, were in full official dress, while the sailors and marines were in their naval and military uniforms of blue and white.
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	Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry
		Commodore Matthew C. Perry, commander of the United States naval forces in the China seas, was a staunch expansionist.
		Perry impressed the Japanese officials with his diplomacy and with the technological superiority of his ships and weapons.
		Born on April 10, 1794, in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, the brother of Oliver Hazard Perry, he began his naval career as midshipman at the age of 15; he advanced to lieutenant in 1813 and to commander in 1826.
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	Matthew Perry - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Matthew Perry - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794-1858), American naval officer, who commanded the expedition that established United States relations with Japan....
		The arrival of a United States gunboat expedition led by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry in 1853 threw Japan’s leadership into turmoil.
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		Matt Perry (rugby player) (born 1977), English rugby union footballer This human name article is a person's or persons' name Matthew Perry poster.
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		Perry may refer to: Matthew Perry (actor) (born 1969), television (Friends) and film actor.
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		Matthew Perry may refer to: Matthew Perry (naval officer) (1794â“1858), American naval officer.
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		Perry, delivered a talk on the life and career of the U.S. Navy commander to celebrate the inauguration of the East Asian Studies concentration in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as well as commemorating the anniversary of 150 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan.
		Dr. Perry, who is a research biologist at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland, is directly descended from the commodore’s brother, Raymond Perry.
		In his discussion, Perry noted that his historic relative needed the skills of a diplomatic as well as a naval officer in order to succeed at his ambitious task.
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	Matthew Calbraith Perry — Infoplease.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Perry's show of pomp (at which he was expert) and power obviously impressed the insecure Tokugawa shogunate, and on Mar. 31, 1854, near Yokohama a treaty was concluded that acceded to American requests, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to U.S. trade.
		Herman Melville, Matthew Perry, and the narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the china seas and Japan.
		Commodore Perry as White Phantom: Moby-Dick in the context of the modern age.
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		Perry City, originally known as "Three Mile Creek" is located in Box Elder County, nestled between...
		Perry is bordered on the east by the...
		During that war Perry was transferred to USS United States, and consequently saw little fighting in...
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	Works - George H. Preble
		George Henry Preble (25 February 1816 - 1 March 1885) was an United States naval officer and writer, notable for his history of the flag of the United States and for taking the first photograph of the Fort Henry flag that inspired The Star-Spangled Banner.
		While serving on the frigate USS St. Lawrence (1848) he went with Matthew Perry (naval officer) to Japan in 1853, during which Preble surveyed various harbors in the Far East.
		In the meantime, Preble had become known as a writer on naval and historical topics, and as a collector of naval documents.
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	Commodore Matthew Perry's Visit to the Bonin Islands, June 1853
		Commodore Perry left on shore on the north side of Peel Island, with a view to their increase, two bulls and two cows, and on North Island five Shanghai broad-tailed sheep, of which two were rams, and six goats.
		It is situated on the northern side of the bay, near its head, with a front on the water of 1,000 yards and a good depth near the shore for the length of 500 yards, it might, by the building of a pier extending out fifty feet, be conveniently approached by the largest vessel afloat.
		In addition to the nautical observation of the officers of the ship, the artist made a drawing of the appearance of the island, which will be found in the Appendix.
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	Matthew Calbraith Perry Biography (Sailor) — FactMonster.com
		Matthew Calbraith Perry is remembered as the man who opened Japan to American trade and influence in the 19th century.
		The younger brother of Oliver Hazard Perry, Matthew Perry received his first naval command in 1821.
		Matthew Calbraith Perry - Perry, Matthew Calbraith Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794–1858, American naval officer, b.
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	Matthew Perry
		American naval officer, was born in South Kingston, Rhode Island, on the 10th of April 1794.
		On the 23rd of October 1846, during the Mexican War, Perry, in command of the steam vessels "Vixen" and "McLane", and four schooners, attacked and captured Frontera, at the mouth of the Tobasco river, then pushed on up the river and (on the 24th) captured the town of Tobasco, thereby cutting off Mexico from Yucatan.
		Commodore Perry's distinctive achievement, however, was his negotiation in 1854 of the treaty between the United States and Japan, which opened Japan to the influences of western civilization.
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