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  <titleInfo>
    <title>William Lindsay Scruggs papers, 1828-1955 (bulk 1893-1898)</title>
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    <namePart>Scruggs, William Lindsay</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1836-1912</namePart>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, articles and other writings, notes, financial papers, annotated scrapbooks, and other papers pertaining primarily to Scruggs's service as U.S. minister to Colombia and Venezuela, and U.S. consul in China.  Includes material concerning Scruggs's work as special agent and general counsel to the Venezuelan government, particularly in relation to the disputed boundary between Venezuela and Guyana (British Guiana).  Correspondents include José Andrade, John Watson Foster, Francis B. Loomis, and Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Microfilm produced from originals in private hands. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1966-1998.</note>
  <note>Private</note>
  <note>Editor and diplomat.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English and Spanish.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Andrade, José</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1838-1902</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Foster, John Watson</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1836-1917</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Loomis, Francis B. (Francis Butler)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1861-1948</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Rojas Paúl, Juan Pablo</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1826-1905</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <geographic>Colombia</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Guyana</geographic>
    <topic>Boundaries</topic>
    <geographic>Venezuela</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>China</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Colombia</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Venezuela</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Venezuela</geographic>
    <topic>Boundaries</topic>
    <geographic>Guyana</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Venezuela</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <occupation>Diplomats</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Editors</occupation>
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