john dunlap was also famous for printing broadsides of the declaration of independence. so, our new nation is emerging. we started sending diplomats abroad. there was some debate in the first half of the 19th century about what our diplomats should look like. should they wear uniforms? >> very curious. >> should they dress more american? what was american? this was a new nation emerging. >> exactly. you don't want to show up like a farmer if you are the minister to these courts of europe. that was a real problem. there was not a real serious directives for these ministers going to european countries until 1853. jefferson, as secretary of state, had mentioned, you always need to conduct yourself in plain and simple draft. it created a lot of confusion. over the course of the next years, a lot of ministers had taken it upon themselves to glam themselves up, a little bling here and there. finally, in the 1850's, a secretary of state had had it. he said this is not appropriate. we need to have a full standard of dress. he gave a very specific circular, a directive about what