Henry Casimir de Rham

Henry Casimir de Rham (15 July 1785 – October 1873) was a Swiss–American merchant and diplomat.

Biography

Henry Casimir de Rham was born on 15 July 1785 in Giez, Switzerland to a German father and Scottish mother.[1]

In July 1822 De Rham was appointed to be one of the first two Swiss consuls to the United States by the Federal Diet of Switzerland. He assumed responsibility for a district encompassing the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the states north of the Ohio River.[2]

De Rham died in October 1873 in New York City. He was interred alongside his wife at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.[1]

Citations
  1. Bergen 1915, p. 770.
  2. Meier 1963, p. 16.

References
  • Bergen, Tunis Garret (1915). Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. 2. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Meier, Heinz K. (1963). The United States and Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century. Studies in American History. I. The Hague: Mouton & Co. OCLC 714968765.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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