| − | [[File:Franklin Pierce by Healy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sanders was a vital lackey for President Pierce's agenda.]] | + | [[File:Franklin Pierce by Healy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|In fighting for President Pierce's agenda, G. N. Sanders proved to be a vital lackey.]] |
| | In 1853 under the new Pierce Administration, Sanders was appointed U.S. consul to London via recess appointment,<ref name=papers/> evidently due to unlikelihood of Senate approval. He then established a London residence which became a meeting location for revolutionaries, namely Lajos Kossuth of Hungray in addition to Italian leaders Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini.<ref name=papers/> Sanders's influence gained American passports for Mazzini and the latter's friend Aurelio Saffi.<ref name=dallago>Dal Lago, Enrico (November 11, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/William_Lloyd_Garrison_and_Giuseppe_Mazz/aatAAQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=giuseppe+mazzini+franklin+pierce&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini: Abolition, Democracy, and Radical Reform], pp. 150–51. ''Google Books'' .Retrieved September 28, 2023.</ref> Despite hard-fought efforts to gain financial backing for the European revolutionary leaders, such support was never obtained. | | In 1853 under the new Pierce Administration, Sanders was appointed U.S. consul to London via recess appointment,<ref name=papers/> evidently due to unlikelihood of Senate approval. He then established a London residence which became a meeting location for revolutionaries, namely Lajos Kossuth of Hungray in addition to Italian leaders Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini.<ref name=papers/> Sanders's influence gained American passports for Mazzini and the latter's friend Aurelio Saffi.<ref name=dallago>Dal Lago, Enrico (November 11, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/William_Lloyd_Garrison_and_Giuseppe_Mazz/aatAAQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=giuseppe+mazzini+franklin+pierce&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini: Abolition, Democracy, and Radical Reform], pp. 150–51. ''Google Books'' .Retrieved September 28, 2023.</ref> Despite hard-fought efforts to gain financial backing for the European revolutionary leaders, such support was never obtained. |