1.0Fleetwood Historical Societyhttps://fleetwoodpa.orgDiplomat of Democracy - Fleetwood Historical Societyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FYPLVO9Gj9"><a href="https://fleetwoodpa.org/diplomat-of-democracy/">Diplomat of Democracy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://fleetwoodpa.org/diplomat-of-democracy/embed/#?secret=FYPLVO9Gj9" width="600" height="338" title="“Diplomat of Democracy” — Fleetwood Historical Society" data-secret="FYPLVO9Gj9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] George S. Messersmith: Diplomat of Democracy Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1987. Author: Jesse H. Stiller Jesse Stiller, whose primary research on Fleetwood native and United States career diplomat George Messersmith was based on the collection of Messersmith’s personal papers located at the University of Delaware Library, wrote: Messersmith’s career affords…