to Tobias Lear re: Bey's attempt to avoid hostilities with the U.S.
1805/08/09
Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807
Manuscript copy of letter in a clerk's hand with copy signature. Bey writes: "you [Lear] are the sole person at this moment invested with the character & power of the President of your Government to treat with me on affairs relative to your Nation...
GLC02794.086