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'''John Randolph Clay''' (1808-1885)<ref>{{cite web |first=Richard H. |last=Lytle |title=Record Unit 7095 - Joseph Ashmead Clay and John Randolph Clay Papers, 1841, 1859-1866 and undated |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Archives |url=http://siarchives.si.edu/findingaids/FARU7095.htm |accessdate=2009-07-31}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] diplomat. |
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'''John Randolph Clay''' was an [[United States|American]] diplomat. |
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Clay was orphaned as a child, and was both brought up and taught by [[John Randolph of Roanoke]]. In May 1830 Randolph was appointed [[United States Ambassador to Russia|U.S. ambassador]] to [[Russia]], and brought Clay along as his secretary. Still in Russia, he subsequently served as secretary to [[James Buchanan]] and [[William Wilkins (U.S. politician)|William Wilkins]]. He would later serve in [[Austria]] as [[Henry A. P. Muhlenberg]]'s secretary and then chargé d'affaires. |
Clay was orphaned as a child, and was both brought up and taught by [[John Randolph of Roanoke]]. In May 1830 Randolph was appointed [[United States Ambassador to Russia|U.S. ambassador]] to [[Russia]], and brought Clay along as his secretary. Still in Russia, he subsequently served as secretary to [[James Buchanan]] and [[William Wilkins (U.S. politician)|William Wilkins]]. He would later serve in [[Austria]] as [[Henry A. P. Muhlenberg]]'s secretary and then chargé d'affaires. |
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*{{cite journal |first=Philip S. |last=Klein |title=Review of Books: John Randolph Clay: America's First Career Diplomat |journal=The American Historical Review |volume=72 |issue=3 |month=April |year=1967 |pages=1090-1091}} |
*{{cite journal |first=Philip S. |last=Klein |title=Review of Books: John Randolph Clay: America's First Career Diplomat |journal=The American Historical Review |volume=72 |issue=3 |month=April |year=1967 |pages=1090-1091}} |
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==Further reading== |
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Revision as of 17:30, 31 July 2009
John Randolph Clay (1808-1885)[1] was an American diplomat.
Clay was orphaned as a child, and was both brought up and taught by John Randolph of Roanoke. In May 1830 Randolph was appointed U.S. ambassador to Russia, and brought Clay along as his secretary. Still in Russia, he subsequently served as secretary to James Buchanan and William Wilkins. He would later serve in Austria as Henry A. P. Muhlenberg's secretary and then chargé d'affaires.
Afterwards, John Randolph Clay served in Lima, Peru as American Chargé d'Affaires from December 15, 1847 through August 22, 1853 and then became an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from August 22, 1853 until October 27, 1860.
One of his accomplishments there is shown in the following that was written by William Lewis Herndon in his Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, vol. I, (1852), chapter 19:
Independently of the action of the Spanish American republics concerning the free navigation of their tributaries of the Amazon, we have a special treaty with Peru, negotiated by J. Randolph Clay, our present minister, in July, 1851, which entitles us, under the present circumstances, to the navigation of the Peruvian Amazon. The second article of that treaty declares that, 'The two high-contracting parties hereby bind and engage themselves not to grant any favor, privilege, or immunity whatever, in matters of commerce and navigation, to other nations, which shall not be also immediately extended to the citizens of the other contracting party, who shall enjoy the same gratuitously, or on giving a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional.
References
- Klein, Philip S. (1967). "Review of Books: John Randolph Clay: America's First Career Diplomat". The American Historical Review. 72 (3): 1090–1091.
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- ^ Lytle, Richard H. "Record Unit 7095 - Joseph Ashmead Clay and John Randolph Clay Papers, 1841, 1859-1866 and undated". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2009-07-31.