Uncommon Document Signed by Zachary Taylor as President, Appointing a U.S. Ambassador to a New South American Republic
Thomas M. Foote was editor of the Albany State Register and the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. From January 5 to October 15, 1850 he served as U.S. Chargé d’Affairs (or ambassador) to New Granada. New Granada was a South American nation consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of Ecuador...
Thomas M. Foote was editor of the Albany State Register and the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. From January 5 to October 15, 1850 he served as U.S. Chargé d’Affairs (or ambassador) to New Granada. New Granada was a South American nation consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of Ecuador and Venezuela. Its capital was Bogota, Colombia.
Document Signed as President, Washington, March 18, 1850, appointing Thomas Foote of New York “Charge d’Affairs to the United States to the Republic of New Granada.” The document is countersigned by Secretary of State John M. Clayton. Documents signed by President Taylor are quite uncommon, as he was only in office for 16 months.
Foote’s post was no sinecure, as at that time thousands of young Americans were crossing the Isthmus of Panama in New Granada to get from the east coast to the gold fields in California. They were armed to the teeth and clashed with the local citizens and police. It was Foote’s job to prevent a rupture of relations because of these incidents, a task he performed successfully.
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