Various places. Dec. 7, 1853 - May 12, 1854. Two manuscript receipts (plus one duplicate) of seed specimens, signed at Shimoda, Japan, by James Morrow and on board the ship Competitor by Commander Moses Howes, Jr.; one receipt for cash disbursed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, signed on board the ship Powhatan by Morrow; and one order for rice and Japanese paper, signed at Shimoda by Morrow.