First permanent U.S. diplomatic representatives accredited by the Second Continental Congress, September 14, 1778. Diplomats frequently served as consuls until independent consular service was established in 1792. Diplomatic and consular system formalized by an act of March 1, 1855 (10 Stat. 619). The services were reorganized on several occasions, and combined into the Foreign Service in 1924.
Alexander P. Mavro
(1953), 2024, paper, 56 pp.
ISBN:
101-M9354
