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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

Statement on behalf of Consuls to Algiers re: securing the safety of the Consuls

"Whereas, in the treaties between the Dey and Regency of Algiers, and our respective Governments, there exists an Article, which declares that personal security shall be given to the Consul and his family;--and as this Article has been lately...

GLC02794.151

to Tobias Lear re: [immorality of the Algerian government ?] [in French]

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.152

to George Davis re: kidnapping of two Sicilian children

Marked "Copy" on first page. "[C]oncerning the two Sicilian children and the other Sicilian captives liberated thro' your intercession . . . I have the honor to transmit to you Sir, the warmest acknowledgments from His Sicilian Majesty . . . ."...

GLC02794.153

to Jussuph Bashaw Caramanli re: beating of an American government officer

Marked "Copy" on first page. Davis writes regarding "the injuries and indignities . . . [suffered when] the American Broker was assaulted and beaten, without provocation, by a subject of his Regency." Davis demands reparations. GLC 2794.126 also...

GLC02794.154

to The Marquis di Circillo re: thanks for his letter (GLC 2794.153)

Marked "Copy" on first page. "I pray to your Lordship to express to His Majesty my grateful Sensibility for the condescension with which he has been graciously pleased to notice my conduct" in helping to return two kidnapped Sicilian children....

GLC02794.155

to Tobias Lear re: circumstances of his service as Consul in Tripoli

Marked "Triplicate" on first page. Davis mentions that he has been an advocate for Ahmet Bashaw Caramanli: "[i]n so doing I have rather followed the Spirit than the letter of my instructions . . . ." Mentions family troubles and his wife's...

GLC02794.156

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

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

GLC02794.157

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

Same entries as GLC 2794.159, but written in different format. Contains shipping records, as well as the arbitrated resolution of a "difference of opinion between the English Consuls and [Davis] as to the amount of freight, of the Vessel which was...

GLC02794.158

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

Same entries as GLC 2794.158, written in different format. For extract see GLC 2794.158. Journal entries spanning 17 February to 19 March 1810.

GLC02794.159