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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03843 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Order to Secretary of State to accredit James Longstreet as Minister to Ottoman Empire |
| Date | 24 June 1880 |
| Author | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | President Hayes orders Secretary of State William M. Evarts "to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to envelope containing letter accrediting James Longstreet as Minister President to the Ottoman Empire." Longstreet, a prominent Confederate General and military advisor to Robert E. Lee, became a Republican after the war, angering the populace of the mostly Democratic South. His allegiance to the Republican Party earned him choice positions of patronage, including the ambassadorship to the Ottoman Empire. He only served for one year in Turkey before returning to America to take up the post of federal marshall of Georgia. |
| Subjects | President Government and Civics Diplomacy Global History and Civics Confederate General or Leader Republican Party Middle East |
| People | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |