First permanent U.S. diplomatic representative accredited by the Second Continental Congress, September 14, 1778. Diplomats frequently served as consuls until independent consular service 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: 9780788493584
101-M9354
