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Te etablisman an relasyon diplomatik make pa rekonesans fòmèl Prezidan Abraham Lincoln: nan nan endepandans Ayiti a sou li a, 12 Jiyè 1862, ak randevou l 'nan branch fanmi Benjamen F. Whidden sèvi kòm Komisyonè premye gouvènman Etazini a ak Jeneral Konsil-pou Ayiti. Nan vire, premye Ayiti a Konsil-Jeneral ak afèr Chaje D 'nan Etazini yo, Kolonèl Ernest Roumain, te pran pòs li nan Washington, DC nan mwa fevriye 1863.
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The establishment of diplomatic relations was marked by President Abraham Lincoln’s formal recognition of Haiti’s independence on July 12, 1862, and his appointment of Benjamin F. Whidden to serve as the United States government’s first Commissioner and Consul-General for Haiti. In turn, Haiti’s first Consul-General and Charge d' Affaires in the United States, Colonel Ernest Roumain, took up his post in Washington, DC in February 1863.