General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775 - 2005. Letters Received from the Department of State, 1834 - 1910

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General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775 - 2005. Letters Received from the Department of State, 1834 - 1910

1834-1910

This series consists of letters received from the Secretary of State, the Chief Clerk, and consuls relating to the furnishing of authenticated copies of private bills of the Congress, transmittals of notices of the erection of shipping lights in foreign harbors, changes in foreign navigation laws, negotiations of commercial treaties, estimates of funds needed for the use of the Department of State, the forwarding of bonds by consuls and other Department of State officers required to furnish them, requests for the free entry of goods belonging to or imported by foreign diplomats residing in the United States, the payment of consular and other State Department officials in coin, valuations of cargoes by consuls, requests for Treasury publications, and notifications of the appointment of U.S. marshals in territories (until 1873 when supervision over territories was given to the Department of the Interior).

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King, Rufus, 1755-1827

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Rufus King (March 24, 1755 – April 29, 1827) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and was one of the signers of the United States Constitution in 1787. After formation of the new Congress he represented New York in the United States Senate. He emerged as a leading member of the Federalist Party, serving as the party's last presidential nominee in the 1816 presidential election. The son...