Diplomacy Collection (page 25)

Title page of Thomas Jeffersons copy of A View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United
MONROE: TITLE PAGE, 1798. Title page of Thomas Jeffersons copy of A View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States as Connected with the Mission to the French

Meeting at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Quai D Orsay, Paris. Under clock are American
WWI: TREATY NEGOTIATIONS. Meeting at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Quai D Orsay, Paris. Under clock are American and French presidents Woodrow Wilson and Raymond Poincar

Allied leaders photographed at the Livadia Palace at Yalta, Crimea, during the Yalta Conference, February 1945
YALTA CONFERENCE, 1945. Allied leaders photographed at the Livadia Palace at Yalta, Crimea, during the Yalta Conference, February 1945

President Franklin D. Roosevelt boarding HMS Prince of Wales off the coast of Newfoundland in order to confer with
ATLANTIC CHARTER, 1941. President Franklin D. Roosevelt boarding HMS Prince of Wales off the coast of Newfoundland in order to confer with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 9 August 1941

Article 10 of the Treaty of Paris, the British-American peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War
TREATY OF PARIS, 1783. Article 10 of the Treaty of Paris, the British-American peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War, signed 3 September 1783

The reception at the White House by President James Buchanan on 17 May 1860. Wood engraving
JAPANESE EMBASSY, 1860. The reception at the White House by President James Buchanan on 17 May 1860. Wood engraving

Allied leaders of World War II at the Second Quebec Conference, September 1944. From left: Gen. George C
QUEBEC CONFERENCE, 1944. Allied leaders of World War II at the Second Quebec Conference, September 1944. From left: Gen. George C. Marshall, Admiral William Daniel Leahy, President Franklin D

Second and final page of a proclamation issued by U. S. President Harry Truman on V-E Day, 8 May 1945
PROCLAMATION: V-E DAY, 1945. Second and final page of a proclamation issued by U.S. President Harry Truman on V-E Day, 8 May 1945, designating the following Sunday, 13 May

A Neighborhood Call! American cartoon, 1936, commenting on U. S. President Franklin D
INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. A Neighborhood Call! American cartoon, 1936, commenting on U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelts promotion of the Inter-American Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Second page of U. S. President Harry S. Trumans copy of the proclamation issued at the Potsdam Conference
POTSDAM PROCLAMATION, 1945. Second page of U.S. President Harry S. Trumans copy of the proclamation issued at the Potsdam Conference, 26 July 1945

35th President of the United States. Meeting with Ghanaian ambassador Miguel Augustus Ribeiro in the Oval Office of
JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963). 35th President of the United States. Meeting with Ghanaian ambassador Miguel Augustus Ribeiro in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. 25 April 1963

Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel (left) shakes hands with President Anwar Sadat of Egypt during their summit
CAMP DAVID SUMMIT, 1978. Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel (left) shakes hands with President Anwar Sadat of Egypt during their summit meeting in Camp David, Maryland, hosted by U.S

President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain (right)
CASABLANCA CONFERENCE. President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain (right) photographed on the lawn of the Hotel Anfa in Casablanca

The arrival of the Japanese Embassy at the White House on 17 May 1860. Wood engraving from a contemporary American
JAPANESE EMBASSY, 1860. The arrival of the Japanese Embassy at the White House on 17 May 1860. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper

(1882-1945). 32nd President
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945). 32nd President of the United States. Aboard HMS Prince of Wales in August 1941 with Winston Churchill and (rear, from left) Harry Hopkins

First page of a proclamation issued by U. S. President Harry Truman on V-E Day, 8 May 1945
PROCLAMATION: V-E DAY, 1945. First page of a proclamation issued by U.S. President Harry Truman on V-E Day, 8 May 1945, designating the following Sunday, 13 May

(1893-1978). American chemist and educator. U. S. High Commissioner for Germany-designate Conant (left)
JAMES BRYANT CONANT (1893-1978). American chemist and educator. U.S. High Commissioner for Germany-designate Conant (left) meeting with President Dwight D

Third and final page of President Harry S. Trumans copy of the proclamation issued at the Potsdam Conference
POTSDAM PROCLAMATION, 1945. Third and final page of President Harry S. Trumans copy of the proclamation issued at the Potsdam Conference, 26 July 1945

Allied at the Cairo Conference, Egypt. Front row, from left: Chiang Kai-Shek, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
CAIRO CONFERENCE, 1943. Allied at the Cairo Conference, Egypt. Front row, from left: Chiang Kai-Shek, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Chiangs wife, Soong Mei Ling

The 1833 meeting at the White House of President Andrew Jackson, the Native American mystic Tenskwatawa ( The Prophet)
JACKSON AND NATIVE AMERICANS. The 1833 meeting at the White House of President Andrew Jackson, the Native American mystic Tenskwatawa ( The Prophet ), and Sauk Chief Black Hawk

The reception at the White House by President James Buchanan, 17 May 1860
BUCHANAN: AMBASSADORS. The reception at the White House by President James Buchanan, 17 May 1860, for visiting Japanese ambassadors: contemporary American engraving

Allied leaders at the Potsdam Conference in Berlin, Germany, July 1945. Left to right
POTSDAM CONFERENCE, 1945. Allied leaders at the Potsdam Conference in Berlin, Germany, July 1945. Left to right: British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, American President Harry Truman

Cairo Conference, 1943
CAIRO CONFERENCE, 1943. Allied leaders at the Cairo Conference in Egypt. Left to right: Chiang Kai-Shek, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Chiangs wife, Soong Mei Ling

China and Taiwan, 1958
CHINA AND TAIWAN, 1958. You keep out! This is an argument between us Chinese... English cartoon, 1958, on American and Soviet involvement in disputes between Taiwan and the Peoples Republic of China

Churchill & Roosevelt
CHURCHILL & ROOSEVELT. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt photographed during a press conference in Washington, D.C. 23 December 1941

German Surrender, 1945
GERMAN SURRENDER, 1945. Letter from Admiral Karl Doenitz, acting head of the Third Reich, 6 May 1945, authorizing General Alfred Jodl to conclude a general surrender of German forces with General

Potsdam Proclamation, 1945
POTSDAM PROCLAMATION, 1945. First page of U.S. President Harry S. Trumans copy of the proclamation issued at the Potsdam Conference, 26 July 1945

U. N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1970. Temporary United Nations President Angie Brooks of Liberia hands the gavel to newly
U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1970. Temporary United Nations President Angie Brooks of Liberia hands the gavel to newly elected President Edvard Hambro of Norway at the opening of the 25th regular session

HU SHIH (1891-1962). Chinese philosopher and ambassador to the United States. Photographed in Washington, D. C. 1939
HU SHIH (1891-1962). Chinese philosopher and ambassador to the United States. Photographed in Washington, D.C. 1939

Poets and Writers
Granger Art on Demand Poets and Writers

TREATY OF GHENT, 1814. American broadside printed at Boston, Massachusetts, following the ratification by the U. S
TREATY OF GHENT, 1814. American broadside printed at Boston, Massachusetts, following the ratification by the U.S. Senate, 17 February 1815, of the Treaty of Ghent, signed two months earlier

THE HAGUE: TREVESZaL. The Chamber of Truth in the Binnenhof of The Hague, the Netherlands, where the Dutch Estates General received important guests. Line engraving, Dutch 1738

RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS, 1576. Russian ambassadors bearing gifts of animal pelts, sent by Czar Ivan IV to Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II, 1576. Contemporary color line engraving

RUSSIA: PROCESSION, 1698. Procession of the Ambassador Extraordinary sent to Peter I in Moscow, by Leopold I of Germany. Line engraving from Diarium Itineris in Moscovium, by Johann Georg Korb, c1700

TREATY OF RYSWICK, 1697. Representatives from France, Great Britain, Holland and Sweden at the Treaty of Ryswick, Holland, 1697, that ended the Nine Years War between France and the Grand Alliance

FRANKLIN AT VERSAILLES. Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee of the American trade commission at the court of King Louis XVI of France, 1778

CONGRESS OF BERLIN, 1878. British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (left) conversing with Prince Aleksandr Gorchakov of Russia at the Congress of Berlin in 1878. Contemporary English wood engraving

CHINESE DELEGATION, 1868. American Minister to China Anson Burlingame, center, head of the first Chinese governmental delegation to the United States in 1868

CONGRESS OF BERLIN, 1878. German Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck with British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli at the Congress of Berlin, 1878

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES (1822-1893). 19th President of the United States. Hayes receiving Chun Lan Pin, the first Chinese minister to the United States, in the Blue Room of the White House

TREATY OF PICQUIGNY. The Treaty of Picquigny between King Edward IV of England and King Louis XI of France, 1475. Wood engraving, 19th century

RUSSO-TURKISH WAR, 1791. Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Prussia, Holland and Russia at St. Petersburg, 1791, signing the preliminaries of peace between the Russian

CHINA: MANCHU DYNASTY. The 1868 Chinese delegation, headed by the former U. S
CHINA: MANCHU DYNASTY. The 1868 Chinese delegation, headed by the former U.S. ambassador to China, Anson Burlingame, which was empowered to make treaties between China and Western powers

HENRY VIII & FRANCIS I. The Alliance between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France, August, 1527. Wood engraving after an illumination in the Chapter House Treaties, August, 1527

PILGRIMS TREATY. The Pilgrims treaty with Chief Massasoit in William Bradfords house at Plymouth Colony, March 1621. Wood engraving, American, late 19th century

PILGRIMS: TREATY, 1621. The Pilgrims treaty with Wampanoag Chief Massasoit in William Bradfords house at Plymouth Colony, March 1621. Wood engraving, American, late 19th century

TOWNSEND HARRIS (1804-1878). American diplomat, the first U. S. consul general to Japan, entering Shimoda
TOWNSEND HARRIS (1804-1878). American diplomat, the first U.S. consul general to Japan, entering Shimoda, c1855: wood engraving, American, c1900

JAPANESE AMBASSADORS, 1860. The presentation of an American woman to the Japanese ambassadors at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C

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"Diplomacy: A Tapestry of History and Negotiation" Diplomacy, the art of negotiation and compromise, has shaped the course of history. From Lord Dufferin, the 8th Viceroy of India, fostering peace in a land teeming with diversity to Tsar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II engaging in diplomatic talks amidst rising tensions, it has been instrumental in preventing conflicts. Even explorers like Fridtjof Nansen recognized its significance as they ventured into uncharted territories. The Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) stands as an engraving etched with diplomats from across Europe redrawing boundaries after years of war. It symbolizes how they are restore stability even in times of chaos. In the Revolutionary War, Americans skillfully gained French alliance through diplomatic channels, proving that words can be mightier than swords. However, diplomacy is not always serious; it can also take on a humorous tone as seen in the "ANTI-RUSSIAN MAP" - a satirical Diplomatic Atlas poking fun at European politics. The Russo-Japanese treaty signed at Portsmouth NH (1905) showcased how diplomacy could end wars and bring about peaceful resolutions. Similarly, King Charles II granting a charter to Connecticut colonists exemplifies how diplomatic agreements laid foundations for new nations. One cannot forget iconic moments like Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin meeting at the Yalta Conference during World War II. This photograph captures leaders standing side by side discussing post-war plans – demonstrating that diplomacy plays an essential role not only during conflicts but also in shaping future relationships between nations. Throughout history's tapestry woven with threads of negotiations and compromises lies one constant: diplomacy's power to bridge divides and forge alliances for a better world.