George Clayton Foulk papers 1883-1887

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George Clayton Foulk papers 1883-1887

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George Clayton Foulk (1856-1893) served as naval attaché to the first U.S. legation sent to Korea in 1883 and was chargé d'affaires in Seoul from 1885 until 1887. Subsequently, he was a businessman in Japan and then a university professor of mathematics in Kyoto. Collection consists of dispatches, correspondence, reports, notes, photographs, prints, and several documents. Dispatches, 1884-1887, are letterpress copies written while Foulk served at the U.S. legation and describe current events in Korea. Correspondence, 1883-1887, both private and official, is from naval officers and others. Notes and reports concern Korea and affairs of the legation. Also, photographs of Foulk, prints of Korean ironclads, and Korean language documents.

1 linear foot (3 boxes and one oversize folder); 2 microfilm reels

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311113

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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