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John Jay

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John Jay, secretary for the Office of Foreign Affairs, writes to John Dickenson, president of the state of Pennsylvania, to introduce Ian Hendrick Christiaan Heineken as Consul from the Netherlands, 28 April 1785.

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Office for Foreign Affairs 28 April 1785 Sir I have the Honor of transmitting to your Excellency herewith enclosed, an Act of Congress of the 18th Inst. recognising Ian Hendrick Christiaan Heineken as Consul from their High Mightinessess the Lords the States General of the United Netherlands for Pensylvania and along the River Delaware to reside at Philadelphia; and calling upon your State to furnish Mr. Heineken with their Exeqatur or notification of his Quality &c. With great Respect and Esteem I am Your Excellency’s Most obt. and hble. Servt. John Jay

Creation Date

4-18-1785

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1745-1829

Keywords

John Jay, Ian Hendrick Christiaan Heineken, Pennsylvania, consul, United Netherlands, Delaware, Philadelphia, Office for Foreign Affairs, foreign affairs, 1785, John Dickenson, Netherlands, Holland

Resource Identifier

080601-01

Date Digital

2-17-2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Diplomatic History | History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

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manuscript

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PDF

Language

En-us

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800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

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The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

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Letter from John Jay to John Dickenson, 1785.

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