From the Serial Set: In Diplomatic Fashion

Every so often, the Digital Resources Division comes across a unique subject of debate. Most recently, the question of “the uniform or costume of persons in the diplomatic or consular service” caught our attention. (S. Exec. Doc. No. 31, 36^th Cong., 1^st Sess., at 1 (1860) reprinted in Serial Set Vol. 1031.) In an 1860 Senate Executive Report, transmitted to then-Secretary of State Lewis Cass and further to then-President James Buchanan, various communications detailing dress regulations of diplomats and consulates are reprinted.

Digitized Scan of p. 1 of the Senate Executive Document. — S. Exec. Doc. No. 31, 36th Cong., 1st Sess., at 1 (1860) reprinted in Serial Set Vol. 1031.

In the “Memorandum of the dress of an American Minister as f