Scope and Contents Letters of "Agnes Balloch Dawson, the wife of well-known US diplomat, William Dawson, and grand-daughter of Civil War General, George W. Balloch. William Dawson was one of the most important American diplomats of the first half of the 20th century. He served as a vice and deputy consul in Barcelona Spain, Frankfurt Germany, Rosario Argentina, Montievedo Uruguay, Danzig Poland and Munich Germany before serving as US consul-general of Mexico, Ecuador, Columbia, Uruguay and as US ambassador to...