In this bonus holiday episode, we explore the consular life of Joel Roberts Poinsett, everyone’s favorite holiday historical figure.
Within a year of the end of the American Revolution, the United States sent a ship to China, where the government hoped Americans could start
Don’t forget to enter our TWO book giveaways! To win Alexandra Kelly’s book Consuming Ivory: Mercantile Legacies of East Africa and New England, just take
In this episode we continue our story of Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb from his decision to resign as an American consul to his inauguration as
In this episode we meet Alexander Russell Webb, U.S. consul to Manila in the Philippines turned Muslim missionary to America. We will wrestle with the
In this episode, we travel to Havana, Cuba to meet the consul Nicholas Trist, as he struggles between the dilemma of morals and money. We
In this special bonus episode, we talk with a scholar who studies the history of the US consular service. We answer your questions like, What
In this episode, we meet Liverpool consul James Maury, whose job included helping American sailors who had been shipwrecked, were out of work–or were impressed
In our first episode of Consolation Prize, we go to Mexico to investigate how Americans tried to maintain their rights as Americans while sometimes subverting
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