Report on the necessity of consuls, 1785 September 19.

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Report on the necessity of consuls, 1785 September 19.

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Report submitted to Congress by John Jay, Secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs (later the Dept. of State), outlining the necessity for consuls in several foreign cities, and proposing different ways to establish them.

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American Periodical Series I

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