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

US-NARA/RG84/1361409/pp50
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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
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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
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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
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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).