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![... An act for establishing an executive department, to be denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs ... Approved July 27, 1789 ... [New York, Childs and Swaine, 1789].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODkvMDEvMDEvYW4tYWN0LWZvci1lc3RhYmxpc2hpbmctYW4tZXhlY3V0aXZlLWRlcGFydG1lbnQtdG8tYmUtZGVub21pbmF0ZWQtdGhlLWRlcGFydG1lbnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/66/webp "... An act for establishing an executive department, to be denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs ... Approved July 27, 1789 ... [New York, Childs and Swaine, 1789].")
![American school institute (Introductory and representative.) Appletons' builing, 346 Broadway, New York. E. H. Chapman & Smith [Circular] [New York 1851].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvYW1lcmljYW4tc2Nob29sLWluc3RpdHV0ZS1pbnRyb2R1Y3RvcnktYW5kLXJlcHJlc2VudGF0aXZlLWFwcGxldG9ucy1idWlsaW5nLWUzYTM0OS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "American school institute (Introductory and representative.) Appletons' builing, 346 Broadway, New York. E. H. Chapman & Smith [Circular] [New York 1851].")
![The United States in account with the rebellion ... [New York? 1866].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvdGhlLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtaW4tYWNjb3VudC13aXRoLXRoZS1yZWJlbGxpb24tbmV3LXlvcmstMTg2Ni1mMjRhMzAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "The United States in account with the rebellion ... [New York? 1866].")
