The United States diplomatic mission to the Netherlands consists of the embassy located in

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and a consular office located in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

. In 1782,

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was appointed America's first

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Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...

. According to the

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, the same year came formal recognition by the Netherlands of the United States as a separate and independent nation, along with badly needed financial help that indicated faith in its future. These loans from the United Provinces, which have been called "the

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in reverse," were the first the new government received. Adams purchased a home in the Hague at Fluwelen Burgwal 18 (located within Uilebomen,

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), as the first US embassy. The current American Embassy building in The Hague opened on January 29th, 2018. Notable Americans such as former Presidents Adams and

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, General Hugh Ewing and Iraq Envoy L. Paul Bremer have held the title of Ambassador. Besides the embassy, a U.S. consulate-general is located on Curaçao which is responsible for the territory of the

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in the Caribbean. This consulate is not part of the U.S. diplomatic mission to the Netherlands. April 19, the day John Adams presented his credentials in the Hague, was declared by President Ronald Reagan to be memorialized as "Dutch-American Friendship Day".

Ambassadors

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on the Netherlands
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External links

United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for the Netherlands

United States Department of State: Netherlands

United States Embassy and Consulate in the Netherlands
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United States Ambassadors to the Netherlands

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