PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 06/17/1790THOMAS JEFFERSON Edward Church, Consul to Bilbao, Spain, was the first United States consul to be rejected by a foreign port. This historic 1790 document, signed by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, is Church's commission as United States Consul to Bilbao and the document that started the whole affair. Historic Manuscript LS: "Th: Jefferson" as Secretary of State, 1p, 7¼x8¼. New York, 1790 June 17. To Edward Church, Esq. In full: "Sir, The President of the United States desiring to avail the public of your services as Consul for the Port of Bilboa (sic, Bilbao), I have now the honor of enclosing you the Commission, and of expressing to you the sentiments of perfect esteem with which I am, Sir Your Most obedient and Most humble Servant". On June 4, 1790, in a letter to the U.S. Senate, President Washington nominated 14 Consuls and Vice-Consuls, including "Edward Church, of Massachusetts, to be Consul of the United States of America, for the port of Bilboa (sic, Bilbao), in the kingdom of Spain, and for such parts of the said kingdom as shall be nearer to the said port than to the residence of any other Consul or Vice-Consul of the United States, in the said kingdom." On June 7th, nine of the nominations were approved; Church's nomination was postponed. On June 17, 1790, the resolution "That the Senate do advise and consent to the appointment of Edward Church" passed. President Washington signed Church's commission and, with this letter, it was forwarded to Church by Secretary of State Jefferson. Church sailed to Europe with his family and arrived in July in Bordeaux, France to board a boat that would carry him and his family directly to Bilbao on the Bay of Biscay on the northern coast of Spain. He had planned to improve trade between the Basque port and the U.S. However, he was informed at Bordeaux that the Biscayans would not allow representatives of... For more information contact HistoryForSale. DOCUMENT 286050
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