"To Rev. Dr. Wm. E. Griffis; with respect and compliments of Saito Shinichiro (vice minister of Japan in Korea) Seoul Corea; April '95." "One of my most promising students; born in the earthquake of 1835."

"Kim Ok Kiun [Kim Ok-gyun]; aged 35. Head of the Progressive or Liberal Party. Formerly Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the Department of Development and Colonization. Was twice sent as Commissioner to Japan. In the new cabinet was…