1805/08/22

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Letter signed

Title: to Sidi Josaph Sapatapa of Tunis re: treaty between Tunis and the U.S.

Final draft of GLC 2794.095 in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Lear writes Sidi Jossaph, the Sapatapa (Prime Minister) to the Bey of Tunis to negotiate more favorable commerce and shipping agreements with Tunis, with the "object . . . to increase the harmony and good understanding which exists between" the U.S. and Tunis. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.096

1805/08/31

Hoggia, Jusuf, fl. 1805

Manuscript document

Title: to Tobias Lear re: modifications to a treaty between Tunis and U.S.

Translation copy in a clerk's hand. Informs Lear that the Bashaw of Tunis wishes to postpone modifications to the treaty pending the return of his ambassadors with ratification of the treaty by President Jefferson. The Bashaw does agree to stop charging American merchants any extra duty on goods brought to Tunis. A note in a later hand: "Translation."

GLC02794.097

1805/08/31

Hoggia, Jusuf, fl. 1805

Autograph letter signed

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

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.098

1805/08/31

Hoggia, Jusuf, fl. 1805

Manuscript document signed

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

Same as GLC 2794.100. Marked "Copia" in upper left-hand corner of first page. Signed on p. 3 by Tobias Lear on 2 September 1805, with a note: "A true Copy from the Original." Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.099

1805/08/31

Hoggia, Jusuf, fl. 1805

Manuscript document

Title: 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

1805/09/02

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Manuscript document signed

Title: 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

1805/09/05

Ridgely, John, fl. 1805

Manuscript document signed

Title: 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. of America--Tripoli" affixed to second page. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.102

1806/07/01

Torres, Domingos L.L. de, fl. 1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: request for a loan

" I am extremely sorry . . . . But an unexpected affliction obliges me to sollicit your assistance by the loan of twenty four piasters of Espagne, or twelve Sequinos of Algiers." Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.105

1806/07/12

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

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

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.106

1806/07/15

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: a loan for food and rent [?] [in Portuguese]

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.107

1806/07/15

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

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

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.108

1806/09/06

Cathcart, James, fl. 1806

Manuscript document

Title: Invoice of articles sent to Tunis and consigned to Tobias Lear

Same invoice as GLC 2794.110, but written in different format. Signed by both Tobias Lear and James Leander Cathcart. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.109

1806/09/06

Manuscript document

Title: Invoice of articles sent to Tunis and consigned to Tobias Lear

Same invoice as GLC 2794.109, but written in a different format. Unsigned copy. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.110

1806/09/30

Ball, Alexander, fl. 1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: thanks for protecting British interests, intro. new diplomat

Ball thanks Lear for "the attention you have shewn to [the] interests of the British Government in the absence of their late consuls Falcon and Cartwright." He introduces the new British Consul, "W. Blanckley." Ball also thanks Lear for a gift of a "Horn of a Rhinoceros set in gold," mentions a return gift and the fact that Lear was planning to return to America. Attached to GLC 2794.094. Sir Alexander Ball was the governor at Malta. Docketed on p. 4.

GLC02794.111

1806/10/24

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: wrongly imprisoned and abused Portuguese [in French]

Signed by various Portuguese officers: Paulo Freire de Andrade, F. Bernardo Borges do Valle, Jose Bernardo de Hacerda, Diogo Ramire Esquivel, Joao Jose de Andrade, and Joao dos Santos. Letter mentions Portuguese wrongly imprisoned and beaten by Algerians. The document reports that some sick Portuguese soldiers, along with some Moors and Tripolitans, disguised as Algerians, escaped on a freighter. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.112

1807/02/27

Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807

Manuscript document

Title: 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 friendship and good intelligence, that I am, as well as you, ambitious to culcate and maintain undisturbed between the two Nations."

GLC02794.113

1807/02/27

Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807

Manuscript document

Title: to Thomas Jefferson re: desire for peace between two nations [in Italian]

Written in a clerk's hand with clerical signature. Mentions Tobias Lear's efforts to maintain peace between U.S. and Tunis, as well as the Bashaw's peaceful intentions. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.114

1807/06/23

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: payment of loan [in French]

Includes a note in English (possibly Lear's hand): "Sent--to the writer of this letter 15 Sequins -- 23 June 1807." Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.115

1808/03/21

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: loan to relieve the "sad situation" of enslaved Portuguese.

Docketed on verso. Written in French.

GLC02794.116

1808/05/23

Freire de Andrade, Paulo, fl. 1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: asking for loan.

Docketed on address leaf. Written in French.

GLC02794.117

1808/10/07

Barker, William, fl. 1808

Manuscript document

Title: to George Davis re: transfer of power between Bassas in Tripoli

"It is difficult to see how [the ex-Bashaw] should situate himself at any greater distance from Tripoli, unitl he hath the means of removal, Malta is more convenient than Syracuse for communication with Tripoli, and he hath removed thither for that object and to avoid domestic afflictions . . . ." Barker attempts to obtain a pension for the ex-Bashaw. Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151. (Letter #1 in bound volume.)

GLC02794.118

1808/11/05

Caramanli, Ahmet, fl. 1808-1809

Manuscript document

Title: to George Davis re: Sidi Ahmet's pension [in Italian]

Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151. (Letter #3 in bound volume.)

GLC02794.120

1808/12/05

Davis, George Barber, fl. 1803-1811

Manuscript document

Title: 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 to detail the conditions of Caramanli's required departure to " the Levant or to the Continent of America [. . . .] If Your Excellency shall at length decide upon the positive acceptance of these offers I will request Mr. Higgens, our Navy Agent at Malta, to supply you with the monthly allowance lately discontinued." Scribal copy bound together…

GLC02794.121

1808/12/05

Davis, George Barber, fl. 1803-1811

Manuscript document

Title: 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 . . . ." Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151. (Letter #5 in bound volume.)

GLC02794.122

1808/12/05

Davis, George Barber, fl. 1803-1811

Manuscript document

Title: 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 not exorbitant," and asks Barker for specific information regarding the debts. Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151. (Letter #6 in bound volume.)

GLC02794.123