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Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was an American naval officer and diplomat who is most famous for his mission to Japan, which opened that country to trade with the West.

Perry began his United States naval career when he was only 15 years old, under the command of his older brother Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry’s first command was schooner USS Cayne that sailed to Africa as part of the United States Navy’s efforts to stop the transatlantic slave trade. He was instrumental as a naval commander in bringing a conclusion to the Mexican-American War. Perry built a reputation for himself as a captain who saw to his crew's health as well as firm discipline. He promoted reforms for training naval officers and for expanding the use of steam power. He was known as the "father of the steam navy."

Perry's most widely acclaimed achievement was his successful diplomatic mission to Japan. His efforts resulted in that island nation opening its shores to another country for the first time in more than two hundred years. This opening would have negative

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Matthew Calbraith Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry was born in Rhode Island on April 10th, 1795, to Navy Captain Christopher Raymond Perry and Sarah Wallace. He grew up with seven siblings around Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. Perry and four of his brothers went on to follow in their father’s footsteps and pursued careers in the navy; they also served alongside each other in the U.S.-Mexico War. Perry himself had ten children, three of his sons pursued careers in the navy as well, and two fought under his command in the U.S.-Mexico War. To his friends and family, he went by Calbraith; to his men he was “Old Bruin.” He was posthumously granted the title of “The Father of the Steam Navy” due to his push to modernize naval fleets in the late 1830’s and early 1840’s.

Perry was not ordered to the Gulf of Mexico at the onset of the U.S.-Mexico War, though he did arrive in September 1846 aboard his flagship, the USS Mississippi, as Vice-Commodore of the Home Squadron (also called the Gulf Squadron). Perry reinforced the blockade of the Gulf of Mexico, and shortly after

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People: Matthew Calbraith Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry, the Commodore who led the American squadron in their expedition to the China Seas and Japan, was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on April 10, 1794. As the son and brother of naval officers, he seemed destined to make his mark in the American Navy. In 1809, aided by a letter of recommendation from his father, Revolutionary War naval officer, Christopher Raymond Perry, he obtained an appointment as a midshipman. After training for two months, he joined his brother, Lt. Oliver Hazard Perry on the schooner Revenge. Oliver Perry is known best for the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 where he was the first American to defeat an entire British squadron and return to base with all the ships in the American fleet. Younger brother, Matthew Perry, did not achieve as much glory as his brother in the War of 1812, but was promoted to acting lieutenant and was assigned to protect the New York harbor in case of British attack.

While in New York, Perry met and married Jane Slidell, daughter of John Slidell, a prominent merchant.