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Harris remained in Shimoda for some time, and negotiated a draft of a treaty with [[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]] [[Inoue Kiyonao]] and [[Nakamura Tokitsumu]], completing the exchange of ratification instruments on [[1857]]/int.5/6.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 353.</ref> This treaty allowed for [[extraterritoriality]], and for some degree of residency, trading, and movement privileges for Americans within a set area centered on the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate.
Harris remained in Shimoda for some time, and negotiated a draft of a treaty with [[Shimoda bugyo|Shimoda bugyô]] [[Inoue Kiyonao]] and [[Nakamura Tokitsumu]], completing the exchange of ratification instruments on [[1857]]/int.5/6.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 353.</ref> This treaty allowed for [[extraterritoriality]], and for some degree of residency, trading, and movement privileges for Americans within a set area centered on the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate.
While many ''daimyô'' and others supported the shogunate in allowing Harris to visit Edo, feeling it was unavoidable given the circumstances (some of them perhaps fearing greater foreign threats of violence should the shogunate resist), many others strongly opposed allowing the US to station a resident consul in the city; some went so far as to say that doing so would destroy the spirit of the people. At some point in late 1857, a failed attempt was made on Harris' life; the men responsible, residents of [[Mito han]], turned themselves in to Mito domain authorities on 11/27.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 446-450.</ref>
It was not until some time later, however, that Harris was able to enter into negotiations with the shogunate's Lead Elder (''[[roju|rôjû]] shuza'') and ''gaikoku jimu toriatsukai'', [[Hotta Masayoshi]], to work towards a treaty which would open full formal diplomatic and commercial relations between the US and Japan. Harris is described as being "overbearing and arrogant," insisting on presenting a letter from President Pierce only to the shogun, and refusing to speak to any other officials as to the nature of the "important matter" which he intended to speak to the shogun about. This resulted in Hotta being even more resistant and oppositional than he might have been otherwise, and repeatedly rejecting Harris' requests to travel to [[Edo]]. In the end, however, with the arrival of another American warship, the Japanese relented. Harris traveled to Edo that December, was granted an audience with the shogun, and from that point forward, remained in Edo and entered more earnestly into negotiations with Hotta.<ref name=mitani>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 268-272.</ref>
It was not until some time later, however, that Harris was able to enter into negotiations with the shogunate's Lead Elder (''[[roju|rôjû]] shuza'') and ''gaikoku jimu toriatsukai'', [[Hotta Masayoshi]], to work towards a treaty which would open full formal diplomatic and commercial relations between the US and Japan. Harris is described as being "overbearing and arrogant," insisting on presenting a letter from President Pierce only to the shogun, and refusing to speak to any other officials as to the nature of the "important matter" which he intended to speak to the shogun about. This resulted in Hotta being even more resistant and oppositional than he might have been otherwise, and repeatedly rejecting Harris' requests to travel to [[Edo]]. In the end, however, with the arrival of another American warship, the Japanese relented. Harris traveled to Edo that December, was granted an audience with the shogun, and from that point forward, remained in Edo and entered more earnestly into negotiations with Hotta.<ref name=mitani>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 268-272.</ref>
