Office for Foreign Affairs, 13th May, 1785
Subtitle: The secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred a letter of the 21st March last, from Richard Soderstrom, reports as his opinion, that no state is obliged by the laws of nations to receive or admit consuls from any foreign state ...
Contributors: Jay, John, 1745-1829.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1785
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Soderstrom, Richard.; Diplomatic and consular service -- United States.; Diplomatic privileges and immunities -- United States.
Notes: Read May 13, 1785. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 18, p. 361.
Signed: All of which is submitted to the wisdom of Congress. John Jay.
Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in JCC, v. 29, p. 922 (#476); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.
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Evans 19318
Journals of the Continental Congress, 476