Were there ever Venetian and Genoan embassies in the USA?

This isn't an AH question really, but it could be useful all the same - did the republics of Venice and Genoa have diplomatic representatives in Washington during the few years between American getting its independence and them losing theirs?
 
Congress finally acted in the spring of 1784. On May 7, Congress authorized its Ministers in Paris, Franklin, Jay, and Adams, to conclude treaties of amity and commerce with Russia, Austria, Prussia, Denmark, Saxony, Hamburg, great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Genoa, Tuscany, Rome, Naples, Venice, Sardinia, and the Ottoman Porte as well as the Barbary States of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.

http://morocco.usembassy.gov/early.html
 
Ah - nice find! Not quite the same level as a Venetian embassy in Washington, but a step in the right direction. (I actually emailed the State Department via their website - some staffer is going to go o_O in the morning, I think)
 
My guess is almost certainly no, given that Venice and Genoa were city states and that US didn't appoint ambassadors to each European nation until the 19th century.
 
My guess is almost certainly no, given that Venice and Genoa were city states and that US didn't appoint ambassadors to each European nation until the 19th century.

Plus by the point in the late 18th century both Genoa and Venice were in decline and never had any real relations with America. I doubt they would wast resources sending permanent representation to a place that wouldn't be a valuable ally. Its a good question though.
 
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