Notes to foreign legations in the United States from the Department of State, 1834-1906. Prussia Notes to foreign missions in the United States [microform], 1793-1906.

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Notes to foreign legations in the United States from the Department of State, 1834-1906. Prussia Notes to foreign missions in the United States [microform], 1793-1906.

Notes to Prussian emissaries in the United States, primarily Baron Von Gerolt in Baltimore, from successive Secretaries of State, W.L. Marcy, Lewis Cass, and William H. Seward. Several letters refer to German Americans who served in the Civil War.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...