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Records from the United States Department of State

US-NARA/RG59
Fonds
1856-11-06-1906-08-20

This collection includes correspondence received from the US Consulate General in Jerusalem. The 9 selected and described volumes (registers) includes dispatches sent from Jerusalem to Washington DC between 1856 and 1906. A microfilm copy of these registers have been made in 1969 and constitutes the unit number M.453 (5 rolls).
After 1906, the letters received by Washington from US embassies and consulates have been organized by themes (trade, war, customs) and no longer by origin.

US State Department (USSD)

Volume 2 Part two, dispatches from October 11, 1870, to March 31, 1870

US-NARA/RG59/Volume2-PartII
File
1867-10-11-1870-03-31

Part of Records from the United States Department of State

Also available at the NARA on microcopy 453 Roll 1.

Volume 7 Part one, dispatches from January 1, 1890, to January 1st, 1891

US-NARA/RG59/Volume7-PartI
File
1890-01-01-1891-01-01

Part of Records from the United States Department of State

Also available at the NARA on microcopy 453 Roll 4.

Volume 8 Part one, dispatches from January 2, 1893, to May 14, 1895

US-NARA/RG59/Volume8-PartI
File
1893-01-02-1895-05-14

Part of Records from the United States Department of State

Also available at the NARA on microcopy 453 Roll 5.

Volume 8 Part two, dispatches from May 14, 1895, to December 31, 1897

US-NARA/RG59/Volume8-PartII
File
1895-05-14-1897-12-31

Part of Records from the United States Department of State

Also available at the NARA on microcopy 453 Roll 5.

Dispatch Nr 50-53 dated 8 August 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State

US-NARA/RG84/1361409/pp50
Item
1871-08-08

Part of United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine

Report on a German colonization society, known as the "Temple at Jerusalem" or "The German temple", protected by the German government and that aim to re-establish a Spiritual Temple in Palestine as preparation work for the second coming of Christ (pp. 50).

Dispatch Nr 51 dated 5 September 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State

US-NARA/RG84/1361409/pp55
Item
1871-09-05

Part of United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine

Report on the appointment of a new Dragoman (pp. 55).

Dispatch Nr 59 dated 30 September 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State

US-NARA/RG84/1361409/pp72-80
Item
1871-09-30

Part of United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine

Annual report of the consulate. The report mentions in particular the expansion of Jerusalem, the opening of the Mosque of Omar to foreigners and the construction of a new hotel (pp. 72-80).

Dispatch Nr 61 dated 30 October 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State

US-NARA/RG84/1361409/pp83-87
Item
1871-10-30

Part of United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine

Report on religious controversies and disputes in Jerusalem, especially between the different Christian and Jewish Sects, and in particular about the restoration of the Church of Nativity, the exclusion of the Christians from the St. James Church, the controversy on property of St. George Church between Catholics and Greeks (pp. 83-87).

Dispatch Nr 65 dated 22 November 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State

US-NARA/RG84/1361409/pp101
Item
1871-11-22

Part of United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine

Commercial report for the year ending september 30th 1871 (pp. 101).

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