Description of Willis 1875/1911

旅券申請書に書かれたウィリスの外見描写（人相書き）です。
身長は173センチくらいあったようです。

Two of passport applications written by Willis exist today, of 1875 and 1911.
How he described his own looks? Let's see.

1875 - Description of Willys N Whitney [*]

Age: 21 years

Stature: 5 feet 8 inches, Eng.

Forehead: high

Eyes: dark

Nose: proportioned 

Mouth: medium

Chin: round

Hair: dark

Complexion: dark

Face: oval and full

[Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Roll #: 209; Volume #: Roll 209 - 01 Jun 1875-31 Jul 1875]

* He had used a spelling of Willys before he came to Japan. 
The 1870 edition of the school catalogue of the Collegiate and Commercial Institute, New Haven, Connecticut recorded his name Willys N. Whitney.

『海舟とホイットニー』より
Willis about 42 years old

1911 - Willis Norton Whitney

Description of Applicant.

Age: 55 years.

Stature: 5 feet 8 inches, Eng.

Forehead: high

Eyes: blue grey

Nose: broad

Mouth: medium with moustache

Chin: round

Hair: grey, thin

Complexion: medium 

Face: broad

[Source: United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDF-MS4F]

* description transliterated with a kind help of Ms Alice Goss *

There was no photograph of Willis attached, because photographs have been required with applications in the U.S.A. since December 21, 1914. (cf. About U.S. passport)

detail of passport application of Willis, 1911

On the 1911 paper, Willis erased a word "swear" and wrote "affirm", expressing his faith of a member of religious society of friends.

cf. BBC News - The difference between 'affirmation' and 'oath' 
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32809040

Last updated on 09 Nov. 2017

Arrival 1875

The Whitney family set foot in Japan firstly on 3rd August 1875.
The member was:

William Cogswell Whitney  aged 50

Anna Lavina Whitney (née Mockridge)  41

Willis Norton Whitney 19 

Clara A. Whitney 14

Adelaide Norton Whitney 7

I've found a newspaper article mentioned their departure from San Francisco. The family of W. H. Whitney [sic] was among the passengers list of Oceanic.

Pacific Appeal, 17 July 1875, p.1.

Here it is an evidence of their arrival.

The Japan Weekly Mail, 7 Aug, 1875, p.686.

ARRIVALS.

Aug. 3, Oceanic, British steamer, Jennings, 2,700, from San Francisco,...

PASSENGERS.

Per Oceanic from San Francisco. ― Mr. and Mrs W. C. Whitney, M. C. Whitney, ... W. N. Whitney,...

“M. C. Whitney” must be a misprint for “C. A. Whitney” or “Misses C. and A. Whitney.” I suppose that Adelaide was too little to be mentioned.

Images are cut out and processed by the editor.
Thanks for the those prepared the original data on the net.

Last updated 13 November 2016,
Edited 06 Jan. 2015