Thomas Barclay (diplomat)
Thomas Barclay | |
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| Consul of the United States for Morocco | |
| In office May 13, 1791 – January 19, 1793 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Solomon Moore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1728 Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland |
| Died | January 19, 1793 (aged 64–65) Lisbon, Portugal |
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Thomas Barclay (1728 – January 19, 1793) was an American merchant and diplomat. He served as the United States' consul in France (1781–1787) and, during his time as a diplomat, negotiated the United States' first treaty, the Moroccan–American Treaty of Friendship, with the sultan of Morocco in 1786. He was the first American diplomat to die in a foreign country in the service of the United States.