The Arkansas banner., 1851-02-18
MEMORIAL OF AARON HlIcHT PALMER, ,.0F NEW IORK.

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 Jniisd S,siss ef .amries, ts CsasSsss asss9eisd UoUR Msmorialist respectfully rePresestAe N That as tho request of the late. Secretary e State. he prepared series Of Papers. giving com prehensivs view of the present staIs produetvste te sources, gnanRfaeuFei, trade aad commerce of Ja pan. and the ether independent mAriliInS nations of tlA far East.
 That the substances of these papers was drawn by him from the latest and authentic original sources Oriental, European, and American, Ineiui dag the archives of the Department of State. h That they submit psn for opening and extend ing American diplomatic rciatfons eousuinr sslab- iIshments, and eommerciai intercourse with all thoss countries, and particularly with Japan.
 That they Indicate tils best mode of establishing steam comlnu nieaton between Cali(ofnia. JapAa, China, China. ndia, ,.the Indian Archipelago, Brit ish India, Polynesia, and Auslral Asia. and point out the existence of cual. and the most suitable ports for coaling stations In those reglons.
 That they afford a variety of the most recent geological, political. commercial, and hydrograph- cal information respecting those ceunlFies, to be found in any other work of ths kind extant.
 They contain brief notices of thgir languages, and lists Of tho best grammass and dictionaries of the Arahlc, Persian, Burman, Chinese, Cochin Chinese, Siamese, Malay. Japanese, &c.
 That Ney are enriched with tables of currencies,
 
 tOns. and their commercial rcgulaIions, copies of United States treaties wish ChiCa. siam, Muscai, and Soc Loo, together with synopses of the latest British treaties with the Arab Stsies with Persia Burma, Siam. Acheen, and BOrneo Proper.
 That they are illnstrnted with shurt. ." ~h'ciI laid down the principal trading ports of Eastern Africa, and the adjacent islands f.Aby ssns, the Peninsula of Arabia, Continental Asia, the Empire of Japan. and iis dependencies, the Indian Archt- pesgo, Polynesia, Auslrai Asia, &c. together with Lieutenant Maury's projected routes of steam com muDicstion on the Paelfic, &c
 And your memorialistfurther represents:
 That these papers, which are entitled ''JAPAN, &e., OPENED, on THE EXTENSION OF AMERIc.S CoM- MERGE IN THE FAR EAsT," arc the result of many years laborous research, both at home and abroad, involving large sacrifice Of tune and expenditure.
 That they contain of useful and reliable information, of special value for intelligent egisa- ton and action by Government in our present and future relations with the East; and also of great interest and importance to our commerce.
 That the character of ths work, and the peculiar nature of it's contents preclude its pubIicson with any hope of profit to the anthor. except il be done under the immediate auspices and liberal patronage oi our Government.
 And your memoralis. further represents, that, at various times within the last five years, and at tho special invitation of Cover nmsnt. he contributed largely 10 the extension of American commerce in tho East, by furnishing foarvaiu bio documents on the subject.
 s.That two of them. in addition to their important commercial a;istics, contained variety of inter- ostng geographical and Autographed informa. ton, respecting the Japan seas, the islands and coasts of Northeastern Asia, Behring's Strait and the Arctic Ocean, which have enabled our enter prising whaers to open up new ani unpreceden- tedly profitable whalo fishery in those seas during the past season.
 That between two and three thousand copies of d,., had list, at his own expense that two of them were printed by order of COngtsss, and one by the Do. pertinent of State, and that tho demand for them was so great 10 induce him to print extra copies for distribution ut his own charge.
 That one of these documents, printed by order of the Senate, was illustrated by two large maps. which he prepared with great abor at the special request of the late MT Calhoun and several other Senators, that, owing 10 undue delays on the part of tho
 ihog phers and public printers he was compelled to remain at the seat of Government for several months. to superintend the correct execution of these maps, and to revise tis proof sheets of said fasIHments.
 That they have been repnbshcd by several so- cie;ies and leading periodicals in England and her Oriental possessions, and translated into several European languages, and that they havo been trsa- ted by lhe scientific and commercial world in the favorable lights and that for ali these iabo's and sacrifices, he has never received any remuaera ton from any quarter whaiever.
 And your memoriahsi further represents:
 That. if your honoran.e body wili assist him. by subscription ou is part, to twenty thousand co- pies of this work, he will publish il without! delay, in large octave volume of five hundred to six hundred pages, printed fine paper, wish long primer type leaded, sccompanied~ V { atargr chart, and deliver il, neatly bound ia muslin, al Two do- lars per copy
 In consideration Of the promises, your memor. ast respectfully prays that yonr honorable bodr will direct your Clerk to purchase from hin the aforesaid number of copies of bis work, at tae above stated price, to justify it's publ ca'io., and afford him adequate remuneration for is time, services, and expen es incurred u pre- lring ii fer the use of Government.
 nd your memoriaist, us in duty bound. will ever pray &c. AARON II. PALMEk' Washington, Jan. 1851.
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