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Samuel Wells Williams was an American missionary who came to Japan briefly in [[1837]], aboard the American ship ''[[Morrison]]''. Though received in [[Naha]], and fed and resupplied, the ''Morrison'' was driven away from Japan proper, and was never permitted to make port there.
Williams is buried in his hometown in upstate New York, near Albany. Many of his diaries survive, and are held by the Yale University Library.
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==References==
*Yamaguchi Eitetsu, "Okinawa? Changing Times?" Plenary Panel, East-West Center International Conference in Okinawa, Pacific Hotel, Naha, September 18, 2014.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]