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TheDuchy of Brunswick and theUnited States began relations in 1848 with mutual recognition but both countries never established formal relations. Relations continued in 1867 when the duchy joined theNorth German Confederation. Relations would eventually end withWorld War I when the U.S.declared war on Germany.
On April 5, 1848,Secretary of StateJames Buchanan acknowledged the Consul-General of Brunswick inNew York City as John Dreyer Esq., which constitutes the first known act of mutual recognition between the United States and the Duchy of Brunswick.[1] The U.S. in return opened its first consulate in the Duchy of Brunswick on March 17, 1856. The consulate would close on July 25, 1916.
On August 21, 1854, the U.S. Secretary of StateWilliam L. Marcy and the Consul of the Duke of Brunswick at Mobile, Ala., Dr. Julius Samson, signed a Convention Respecting the Disposition of Property, as they were "animated by the desire to secure and extend, by an amicable convention, the relations happily existing between the two countries." The treaty was negotiated and signed inWashington, D.C.[1]
The Duchy of Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1867, to which the U.S. appointedGeorge Bancroft, then U.S. Minister to theKingdom of Prussia, to serve as the U.S. Minister to. From this point forward, foreign policy of the North German Confederation, and later, after 1871 theGerman Empire, was made in Berlin, with theGerman Emperor (who was also the King of Prussia) accrediting ambassadors of foreign nations. On April 6, 1917, PresidentWoodrow Wilson declared war on Imperial Germany.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from"A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Brunswick and Lüneburg".U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.United States Department of State.
