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Dispatch Nr 51 dated 5 September 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State
Report on the appointment of a new Dragoman (pp. 55).
Dispatch Nr 59 dated 30 September 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State
Annual report of the consulate. The report mentions in particular the expansion of Jerusalem, the opening of the Mosque of Omar to foreigners and the construction of a new hotel (pp. 72-80).
Dispatch Nr 61 dated 30 October 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State
Report on religious controversies and disputes in Jerusalem, especially between the different Christian and Jewish Sects, and in particular about the restoration of the Church of Nativity, the exclusion of the Christians from the St. James Church,…
Dispatch Nr 65 dated 22 November 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State
Commercial report for the year ending september 30th 1871 (pp. 101).
Unnumbered dispatch dated 31 December 1871, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State
List of the citizens of the United States residing in the jurisdiction of the consulate (pp. 115-116).
Dispatch Nr 73,5 dated 30 January 1872, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State
Report on the global situation in Palestine in relation to the Ottoman political and administrative system (pp. 121-123).
Dispatch Nr 93 dated 15 December 1872, from Consul Richard Beardsley to Second Assistant Secretary of State
Report on the visit in Jerusalem of US Naval Officers of the "Congress" (pp. 146).
Dispatch Nr 95 dated 10 January 1873, from Vice-Consul E. Hardegg to Second Assistant Secretary of State
Report on the fact that a railway between Jaffa and Jerusalem should be built by a French company called "Entreprise Générale des Chemins de fer de Jaffa" with a concession of 51 years from the Ottoman Government (pp. 148).