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Levett Harris, a Philadelphian, was appointed American consul at St. Petersburg in 1803. Early in 1813 he was made secretary of the joint mission appointed to negotiate a treaty of peace with Great Britain. When John Quincy Adams, minister to Russia, was sent to Ghent to meet with the British commissioners, Harris became responsible for conducting American affairs in Russia. He became the center of a controversy in 1817, when he was being considered for minister to Russia. Charges of corruption cost him the appointment and involved him in a bitter, lengthy lawsuit. although he did not hold a Russian diplomatic post again, he was made charge d'affaires in France briefly in 1833.
Letterbook kept by Levett Harris, American consul in Russia, 1814.
This letterbook contains copies of diplomatic correspondence written between January 7 and November 23, 1814, from the American consulate at St. Petersburg. Of particular interest are the letters relating to the negotiations for the Treaty of Ghent.
Purchased, 1959
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