Matthew Calbraith Perry

10 Apr 1794 - 4 Mar 1858

Matthew Calbraith Perry was the author of a three-volume set of books entitled Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, which Wilford Woodruff read on 18 Nov. 1856.

Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry Sr (LHQT-RP8), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 12 Apr. 2024). Matthew Calbraith Perry, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/matthew-calbraith-perry, accessed 12 Apr. 2024). Encyclopedia Britannica, “Matthew C. Perry: United States naval officer,” Britannica (https://www.britannica.com, accessed 12 Apr. 2024).

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