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State Department through the ages and its modern footprint
The article traces the U S State Department from its eight employees under Thomas Jefferson to about 7 000 in Washington and 14 400 abroad in embassies and consulates. It notes moves from New York City to Philadelphia and finally Washington with buildings including the 1866 75 Washington Orphan Asylum and the New State Building in the War Department complex.
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