Barclay, Thomas, 1728-1793, Thomas, 1728-1793
Thomas Barclay (b. 1728, Strabane, Ireland–d. January 19, 1793, Lisbon Portugal) was a Philadelphia merchant, America’s first consul in France (1781–1787,) and the American diplomat who negotiated America’s first treaty with the sultan of Morocco in 1786. He was the first American diplomat to die in a foreign country in the service of the United States.
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| correspondedWith | Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 1725-1803 | person |
| associatedWith | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | person |
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Birth 1728
Death 1793-01-19
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