played an instrumental role in the introduction of cherry trees to 

 the Tidal Basin and Potomac area. Though this fact may be true, 

 the official documents examined by the authors made no mention 

 of his involvement nor does his biography, Jokichi Takamine, by 

 Kyoshi Karl Kawakami, published in 1928. 



21. NA. Record Group 59 (hereinafter cited as RG59). Keishiro Matsui, 



Japanese Charge d'Affaires ad Interim, to Alvery Adee, Acting 

 Secretary of State, August 30, 1909. 



22. NA. RG42. Alvery A. Adee, Acting Secretary of State, to Keishiro 



Matsui, Japanese Charge d'Affaires ad Interim, September 7, 

 1909. 



23. NA. RG42. Yukio Ozaki, Mayor of Tokyo, to Colonel Spencer 



Cosby, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, War 

 Department, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1900. 



24. NA. RG42. Masanao Hanihara, Secretary of Japanese Embassy, 



Washington, D.C., to Spencer Cosby, Superintendent of Public 

 Buildings and Grounds, October 29, 1909. 



25. NA. RG42. Spencer Cosby, Superintendent of Public Buildings and 



Grounds, to the Honorable James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, November 12, 1909. 



26. NA. RG42. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. 



Department of Agriculture, to Spencer Cosby, Superintendent of 

 Public Buildings and Grounds, November 13, 1909. The appro- 

 priate officials of the Imperial Japanese Embassy in Washington 

 were kept informed of progress in this regard. See: S. Takahashi, 

 Third Secretary of the Embassy, Imperial Japanese Embassy, to 

 Spencer Cosby, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, 

 November 13, 1909. 



27. Ibid. 



28. NA. RG59. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, to Philander C. 



Knox, Secretary of State, Department of State, November 24, 

 1909. 



29. NA. RG42. Spencer Cosby, Superintendent of Public Buildings and 



Grounds, to President of the United States, William Howard 

 Taft, The White House, Washington, D.C., November 29, 1909. 



30. NA. RG42. Spencer Cosby, Superintendent of Public Buildings and 



Grounds to the Honorable Yukio Ozaki, Mayor of Tokyo, 

 December 10, 1909. The Commissioners of the District of Col- 

 umbia also expressed their indebtedness to the Mayor of Tokyo 

 for this precious gift. See: Henry B. F. Macfarland, President of 

 the Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, to Colonel 

 Spencer Cosby, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, 

 December 14, 1909; NA. Record Group 351 (hereinafter cited as 

 RG351). Henry D. G. Macfarland, President of the Board of 

 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to the Honorable 

 Yukio Ozaki, Mayor of Tokyo, December 14, 1909. 



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