Office for Foreign Affairs, October 13, 1785 The Secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred back his report of the 19th ult. respecting consuls, accompanied with a motion of the same date; reports, that agreeable to what he conceives to be the design of this re-reference, he has endeavoured to contract the plan contained in that report, and to adapt it more immediately to our present circumstances. ... All which is submitted to the wisdom of Congress. John Jay (Printed by John Dunlap, 1785)
Concerning the placement of American consuls abroad. - Evans, 19324. - Library of Congress entries in NUC Pre-1956 imprints ascribe other 1785 publications of the department to the press of John Dunlap of New York. - Text in two columns; printed area measures 27.3 x 12.2 cm