Black plaque № 60194

Basel, Switzerland

1830-1961 ON APRIL 30, 1830, CONSUL GENERAL JOHN G.BOKER OF NEW YORK RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION FROM PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON AS THE FIRST AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVE TO SVITZERLAND AND ESTABLISHED HIS RESIDENCE ON THIS SITE IN THE BUILDING KNOWN AS "ZUM GOLDENEN LOEWEN" CARL RYHINER OF BASEL WA

S DELEGATED VICE CONSUL. Gift of the American Women's Club in Basel. April 30, 1961

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