Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Russian Empire–United States relations" in English language version.
In 1801 [...] President Jefferson initiated relations with the new czar, Alexander I, sending Leverett Harris, a political friend from Pennsylvania, as the first U.S. consul-general to Russia. Russia tried to be a third-party meditator of peace in the war of 1812. However, Great Britain officials rejected this idea.
[...] in St. Petersburg, Levett Harris [...] had been America's first consul from 1803 to 1816 [...]