I just started this article, additions and further editing highly appreciated.

The information is mostly based on the first article cited as an external link, as it was the best I could find, but some of it is based off other things I've read. Sources do no agree on the number of samurai selected to study English under MacDonald. My Japanese texbook has an article that claims 12, and I have a tendency to believe that, but I've found more online sources proclaiming 14, so that is the number I used in the article. I also saw 7 mentioned somewhere. 22:31, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)