Galatz

The juridical background related to the establishment of consulates in the Romanian Principalities / Romania varied greatly during the 19^th century. With the two principalities considered as Ottoman autonomous provinces, consulates, vice–consulates or consular agencies were only opened with the agreement of the Sublime Porte, according to its capitulations with foreign powers. After the creation of modern Romania, the government in Bucharest fought for the abolishment of consular jurisdiction, which it eventually succeeded after the gaining of national independence in 1878.

As there were significant gaps between the moment when a vice–consulate or consulate was formally recognised and when its titular consular was appointed, we can only provide an approximate list of the consulates that existed at Galaţi, also mentioning that the existence of several institutions was extremely transitory[1].

[1] The list is based on information from Moise N. Pacu, Cartea judeţului Covurluiu. Note geografice, istorice şi în deosebi statistice (Bucharest: Stabilimentul Grafic I. V. Socecu, 1891), 390–404, with additions from other sources, such as Paul Păltănea, Istoria oraşului Galaţi de la origini până la 1918, second edition, edited by Eugen Drăgoi, vol. I and II (Galaţi: Editura Partener, 2008).

References

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Archival sources:

Serviciul Judeţean Galaţi al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Galaţi Branch), Consulatul General al Angliei la Galaţi (General Consulate of England at Galaţi), 1 file covering the years 1877–1879.

Serviciul Judeţean Galaţi al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Galaţi Branch), Consulatul General al Rusiei la Galaţi (General Consulate of Russia at Galaţi), 2 files from the period 1853–1893.

Serviciul Judeţean Galaţi al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Galaţi Branch), Comisia Europeană a Dunării (The European Commission of the Danube), files starting with 1856.