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US Consul Records from Jerusalem 1856-1906

I have a new experimental site up, which allows one to access over 50 years of US Consul dispatches and other documents from their Jerusalem office, over the years 1856 (when the consular office opened) until 1906. These records were photographed and microfilmed in 1969, and over a decade ago I received scans of those microfilms. There were 5 microfilms that contained 9 volumes of documents. The site is online now at consul.quintbooks.com. Go take a look, and see if you find anything interesting.

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