Tuesday 31 March 2015

The Diplomatic Mission to Abyssinia 1903

This is "ABYSSINIA OF TO-DAY", AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST MISSION SENT BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO THE COURT OF THE KING OF KINGS (1903—1904)  
 
BY ROBERT SKINNER, Commissioner to Abyssinia 1903 - 1904 


https://archive.org/stream/abyssiniatodaya00skingoog#page/n10/mode/2up

                                                                                                                                                   

The report about the Marine Corps that accompanied the first American Diplomatic Mission sent by President Roosevelt to Emperor Menelik in 1903, which as usual of that period,  includes exaggerated and racist remarks, but has historical importance and can be accessed at this link: 



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