Charles William Frederic Dumas -
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Charles William Frederic Dumas (1721–1796)
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Non-career appointee
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Netherlands)
Began Service: Presented as Charge d'affaires ad interim on October 15, 1782
Ended Service: 1790- John Adams, before leaving The Hague at the end of his longest period of residence there, presented Charles W.F. Dumas as Charge d'Affaires ad interim. Dumas, although holding no commission from the United States, continued to act in this capacity, except during Adams's later visits to the Netherlands, until 1790.