List of U.S. Diplomatic Officers, 1789-1939
List of U.S. Diplomatic Officers, 1789-1939

Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service

Publisher:

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13:

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"On the 3 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced the State Department's list of U.S. diplomatic officers, by country, 1789-1939. For each diplomatic post are given the names of the officers with their titles or grades, nationalities, places of birth, residences when appointed, and dates of appointment"--Page 2

American Consuls in the Holy Land, 1832-1914
American Consuls in the Holy Land, 1832-1914

Author: Ruth Kark

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780814325230

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This volume provides new insights into the role of U.S. consuls in the Ottoman Middle East in the special context of the Holy Land. The motivations and functioning of the American consuls in Jerusalem, and of the consular agents in Jaffa and Haifa, are analyzed as part of the US diplomatic and consular activity throughout the world, and of Western involvement in the Ottoman Empire and in Palestine during the century preceding World War I. The processes of cultural, demographic, economic, environmental, and settlement change and the contribution of the US consuls and American settlers to development of and modernization of Palestine are discussed. Based on primary archival sources such facets as the role of consuls regarding the use of extraterritorial privileges, Western religious and cultural penetration, control of land and land purchase, non-Muslim settlement, judicial systems, and technological innovations are considered from American, Ottoman, and local viewpoints.

US Consular Representation in Britain since 1790
US Consular Representation in Britain since 1790

Author: Nicholas M Keegan

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2018-03-08

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1783087455

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In its early years the United States Consular Service was a relatively amateurish organization, often staffed by unsuitable characters whose appointments had been obtained as political favours from victorious presidential candidates—a practice known as the Spoils System. Most personnel changed every four years when new administrations came in. This compared unfavourably with the consular services of the European nations, but gradually by the turn of the twentieth century things had improved considerably—appointment procedures were tightened up, inspections of consuls and how they managed their consulates were introduced, and the separate Consular Service and Diplomatic Service were merged to form the Foreign Service. The first appointments to Britain were made in 1790, with James Maury becoming the first operational consul in the country, at Liverpool. At one point, there was a network of up to ninety US consular offices throughout the UK, stretching from the Orkney Islands to the Channel Islands. Nowadays, there is only the consular section in the embassy and the consulates general in Edinburgh and Belfast.

Diplomatic Records
Diplomatic Records

Author: United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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"This select catalog lists National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm publications of records that relate to the history of U.S. diplomatic relations."--Introduction.

A Call to the Sea
A Call to the Sea

Author: Claude Berube

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

Published: 2011-07

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1612342299

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Charles Stewart's life of sailing and combat on the high seas rivals that of Patrick O'Brien's fictional hero, Jack Aubrey. Stewart held more sea commands (11) than any other U.S. Navy captain and served longer (63 years) than any officer in American naval history. He commanded every type of warship, from sloop to ship-of-the-line, and served every president from John Adams to Abraham Lincoln. Born in Philadelphia during the American Revolution, Stewart met President Washington and went to sea as a cabin boy on a merchantman before age thirteen. In March 1798, at age nineteen, he received a naval commission one month before the Department of the Navy was established. Stewart went on to an illustrious naval career: Thomas Jefferson recognized his Mediterranean exploits during the Barbary Wars, Stewart advised James Madison at the outset of the War of 1812, and Stewart trained many future senior naval officers--including David Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut--in three wars. He served as a pallbearer at President Lincoln's funeral. Stewart cemented his reputation as commander of the Navy's most powerful frigate, the USS Constitution. No other captain commanded this ship for a longer wartime period or through more naval engagements. Undefeated in battle, including defeating the British warships Cyane and Levant simultaneously, both ship and captain came to be known as "Old Ironsides."