<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018</dc:coverage><dc:creator>DeLaforrest, M.</dc:creator><dc:date>1784-04-01</dc:date><dc:description>Letter of M. DeLaforrest to Governor John Houstoun announcing his appointment as Vice Consul of France in Georgia and transmitting a copy of his authorization (not present). He apologizes for not being able to assume his duties immediately as consular business in Charleston prevents him. He also encloses a letter from Count d'Estaing (not present). Signed DeLaforrest.</dc:description><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:source>Box 39 Folder 42, Telamon Cuyler collection, ms 1170, series 1. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries</dc:source><dc:subject>Georgia--History--18th century</dc:subject><dc:subject>Georgia--Politics and government--18th century</dc:subject><dc:subject>United States--Foreign relations--1783-1865</dc:subject><dc:title>Georgia. Governor John Houston</dc:title><dc:type>Text</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>