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to Tobias Lear re: modifications of treaty [in Italian]

Same as GLC 2794.099. Marked "Copia" in the upper left-hand corner of the first page. Lacking Lear's signature.

GLC02794.100

to James Madison re: report of his activities from 7 July to 1 September 1805

Written in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Lear briefs Secretary of State Madison on the course of negotiations with the Bey of Tunis. Describes threatening war and negotiations to ease the tension. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.101

to Thomas Jefferson re: U.S.-Tunis treaty [with translation]

Written in a clerk's hand, includes translation copy of the letter. "Thanks to [Lear's] reasonable & highly approved manner, few Conferences have served to remove the misunderstandings that mutually existed between us, and consolidate the good...

GLC02794.113

to Ahmet Bashaw Caramanli re: stipulations of Caramanli's loss of power

Davis writes: "The mutability of Your Excellency's opinions has, in a great measure, destroyed in the mind of your brother those favorable feelings towards you which, with an infinite deal of troubles, I had succeeded in exciting." He then goes on...

GLC02794.121

to W. W. Barker re: Sidi Ahmet Caramanli's removal from office

Davis explains to Barker that Caramanli's "inconsistency" has jeopardized all the work Davis has done on the ex-Bashaw's behalf. He also writes of his persisting hope "of procuring the means of liquidating Sidi Ahmet's debts, in case their amount is...

GLC02794.123

to Ahmet Bashaw Caramanli re: prospects for the Bashaw's future

"His Excellency the Bashaw [of Tripoli] is perfectly satisfied with your election of Morocco for your future residence." Davis also addresses Caramanli's desire to reign in Derna: "the present Bey of Derna was unwell and would actually leave the...

GLC02794.127

to George Davis re: satisfaction with opportunity in Derna [?] [in Italian]

Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151. (Letter #13 in bound volume.)

GLC02794.130

to George Davis re: report from meeting with Sidi Ahmet Caramanli

Payne reports that Sidi Ahmet "professed and appeared to feel much satisfaction at the offer made by his brother of the sovereignty of Derna, but requested a guarantee of his safety . . . I demanded to know unequivocally whether he accepted the...

GLC02794.132

to Ahmet Bashaw Caramanli re: debts and requests for additional supplies

Davis writes that Sidi Ahmet's brother is willing to pay Ahmet's debts even though he "expressed some surprise at the present extent of your debts expecially as you had so recently stated them at only about one fifth of their existing amount." Davis...

GLC02794.133

to John Payne.

Davis congratulates Payne on his successful arrangement of Sidi Ahmet's son's voyage to Tripoli: "[h]is Excellency has charged me to offer you his highest acknowledgments on the eventful result of your mission to Malta." (Letter #23 in bound volume...

GLC02794.140

Circular letter to foreign consuls in Tripoli [in Italian]

[Introducing new Tripolitan government minister ?] Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151.
(Letter #27 in bound volume.)

GLC02794.144

Extracts from Davis' journal of activities as American Consul in Tripoli

Mentions letter from Ahmet Bashaw Caramanli, received on 12 October 1809. 27 October: "The American Janissary was beaten at the Marine by the Bashaw's Kasnadan." Davis vows to file a formal complaint despite the Bashaw's attempt to prevent such...

GLC02794.148

to Tobias Lear re: "sad situation" of the Portuguese [in French]

Needing help due to "indigence" caused by the Algerian government. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.150

to George Davis re: [?] [in Italian]

Marked "Copia" on first page. Notation on verso: "2."

GLC02794.157

Copy of treaty of peace and amity between the United States and Tripoli

In a clerk's hand with copy signatures of Tobias Lear and the various Tripolitan leaders involved in the treaty.

GLC02794.070

Copy of treaty of peace and amity between the United States and Tripoli

In a clerk's hand with copy signatures of Tobias Lear and the various Tripolitan leaders involved in the treaty.

GLC02794.071

Extract of letter to James Madison re: Cathcart's allegations

Davis provides Madison with an account of his conversation with the Bey Sapatapa regarding Cathcart's allegations that Davis was no longer the recognized American Consul. With a copy of a letter from James Leander Cathcart, Consul at Tunis, to the...

GLC02794.056

Copy of letter to Tobias Lear re: Bassa recognizing Lear's auth'y. [in Italian]

Manuscript copy of GLC 2794.076. Signed by Tobias Lear on 2 September 1805, with a note: "A true copy from the original." Recognizes Lear's authority after originally refusing to accept him as American Consul to Tunis.

GLC02794.078

to Tobias Lear re: Bey's attempt to avoid hostilities with the U.S.

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

to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

Same as GLC 2794.087, in a different hand. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.088

Certification that Lieut. David Porter received a gold watch

Certification from Ridgely, the U.S. Naval agent in Tripoli, that Porter received a gold watch to be given to Hadge Mahomet for his friendship to American prisoners in Tripoli. Porter received the watch via Tobias Lear. "Consular Seal of the U.S...

GLC02794.102

to Tobias Lear re: request for a loan [in French]

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.106

to Tobias Lear re: thanking Lear for a loan [in French]

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.108

to William Higgens re: instructions to pay Sidi Ahmet's monthly pension

Davis encloses an "unsealed letter to the ex-Bashaw" (GLC02794.122), and instructs the U.S. Naval Agent at Malta to pay the ex-Bashaw a monthly pension of $200/month "[i]n case Sidi Ahment shall accept the terms proposed to him in my letter . . . ."...

GLC02794.122

to William Higgens re: naming Sidi Ahmet Caramanli as Bey of Derna

"The ex-Bashaw has made frequent applications to the Government of the United States, as well as to it's [sic] agents, to obtain for him the sovereignty of the province of Derna." Davis explains that this possibility is more likely than previously...

GLC02794.124