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Series US-NARA/RG84 - United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine

Unnumbered dispatch dated 29 July 1857, from Consul John Warren Gorham to Secretary of State Will... Unnumbered dispatch dated 29 October 1857, from Consul John Warren Gorham to  Secretary of State ... Dispatch Nr 31 dated 7 July 1858, from Consul John Warren Gorham to  Secretary of State Lewis Cass Dispatch Nr 36 dated 20 July 1858, from Consul John Warren Gorham to  Secretary of State Lewis Cass Dispatch Nr 7 dated 19 July 1860, from Vice-Consul Simeon S. Murad to  Secretary of State Lewis Cass Dispatch Nr 5 dated 27 September 1860, from Consul William R. Page to  Secretary of State Lewis Cass Dispatch Nr 8 dated 8 February 1905, from Consul Victor Beauboucher to  Secretary of State Willia... Dispatch Nr 13 dated 2 October 1866, from Consul Victor Beauboucher to  Secretary of State Willia... Dispatch Nr 17 dated 2 January 1867, from Consul Victor Beauboucher to  Secretary of State Willia... Dispatch Nr 21 dated 13 April 1867, from Consul Victor Beauboucher to  Secretary of State William...
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US-NARA/RG84

Title

United States Consular Records for Jerusalem, Palestine

Date(s)

  • 1857-1909 (Creation)

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261 volumes for the whole series, 1856-1935
310 selected and described items from 5 volumes, 1857-1909

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The RG 84 series (US-NARA) includes the rapatriated records from US embassies and consulates around the world. It is mainly constitutes of correspondence.
For the period between 1856 and 1935, we can find 261 volumes. It is both sent correspondence (copies or minutes) and received correspondence (the received letters are stuck together to form registers).
Most of these registers date back to the 1912-1935 period (160 volumes).
The selected items come from Volume 22 (Years 1857 to 1870), Volume 47A (Years 1871 to 1886), Volume 47B (Years 1886 to 1896), Volume 47C (Years 1897 to 1908) and Volume 47D (Years 1904 to 1909).

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The 261 volumes go from n°1 to n°237 because 23 registers are assigned the same number but with a letter (.A, .B, .C) or a volume number (.1, .2, .3).

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Finding aids

The folder RG84, located in the NARA inventory room, provides a 5 pages list of the RG84 261 volumes.

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Archivist's note

Author(s) : François Rimelen

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