1808/03/29

Manuscript document

Title: 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 violated . . . We the subscribers, Consuls . . . hereby declare . . . in case of the violation of the aforesaid Article . . . we will cease to exercise our official functions with this Regency . . . ."

GLC02794.151

1809/08/19

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

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

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.152

1809/10/02

Circillo, Marquis di, fl. 1809

Manuscript document

Title: 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 . . . ." GLC2794.125 refers to same incident. Notation on verso: "4."

GLC02794.153

1809/11/01

Davis, George Barber, fl. 1803-1811

Manuscript document

Title: 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 refers to this incident. Notation on verso: "1."

GLC02794.154

1809/11/15

Davis, George Barber, fl. 1803-1811

Manuscript document

Title: 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. Notation on verso: "5."

GLC02794.155

1809/11/25

Davis, George Barber, fl. 1803-1811

Letter signed

Title: 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 illness, exacerbated by his decision to remain in Tripoli "from a sense of public duty," and discusses gifts for the Bashaw's sons upon their marrgiages. Refers to his journal entry of 14 November 1809 (GLC 2794.126) for account of the reparations made for beating of American janissary. Docketed on the first page and on verso of p. 3.

GLC02794.156

1809/??/03

Sua Altezza, Seritta Jordim di, fl. 1809

Manuscript document

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

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

GLC02794.157

1810/01/06

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

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

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.160

1810/06/18

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: U.S./French relations [in French]

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.161

1810/07/20

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

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

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.162

1810/07/25

Bernardo de Hacerda, Jose, fl. 1806-1810

Autograph letter signed

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

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.163

1811/04/08

Bashaw Caramanli, Jusuf, fl. 1805-1811

Autograph letter signed

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

Mentions John Payne, B[ryan] McDonough and George Davis, all of whom worked for the American Consulate.

GLC02794.164

1811/04/08

Bashaw Caramanli, Jusuf, fl. 1805-1811

Autograph letter signed

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

Mentions John Payne's diplomatic activities.

GLC02794.165

1812/09/30

Smith, George C., fl. 1812

Manuscript document

Title: Copy of letter to Edward Fettyplan [?] re: Smith's status as slave in Algiers

Notation on first page: "Copy of a letter received Septr 30th 1812." "Be not astonished!! for alas! it is too true, that I am now addressing you as a Slave in Algiers . . . . I think that all differences will be adjusted between G[reat] B[ritain], & America, Should they not do not let me die a Slave in Algiers . . . .I steal the time after begging the paper to write this." Captain Smith's ship, the "Edwin" was captured the Algerians in 1812. Lear arranged to pay the ransom for his and his eleven crewmembers' freedom.

GLC02794.167

[1805]

Document

Title: Spanish account listing ships and losses at battle of Trafalger [in Spanish]

First page is the "State of the squads that battled on 21 October 1805 at S.C. Cadiz, seven leagues distant from the said port." Second page is the "State of the English squads after the battle with the Combinada on the 21st of October." [Cataloger's translations]. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.172

[1805]

Bashaw Caramanli, Jusuf, fl. 1805-1811

Document

Title: Receipt of ransom for American prisoners [in Arabic with English translation]

"We hereby acknowledge & have received from the hands of Col: Tobias Lear the full sum of sixty thousand dollars mentioned as Ransom for two hundred Americans, in the Treaty of Peace." Notation on second page: "Translation."

GLC02794.173

[1800? ca.

Letter

Title: [in Arabic]

GLC02794.174

[1810 ca.]

Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810

Letter

Title: to unknown re: humorous anecdote regarding servants' antics in Algiers

GLC02794.175

1814/02/28

Foster, Ephraim H., 1794-1854

Letter signed

Title: to William Graham

Foster discusses a campaign against the Creek Indians, led by Andrew Jackson, in which he was a participant. Discusses the "unlawful pretensions" of the British, demands that Americans "must be as safe abroad as at home," and hopes the War of 1812 "may never be closed until the object for which it was commenced be attained 'free trade'."

GLC02802

1816/07/04

Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848

Engraving

Title: MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain, and Defeat of the British Army at Plattsburg by Genl. Macomb, Sept. 11th. 1814.

Engraved and published by Tanner and printed by Rosner & Eskr. The defeat of the British at the Battle of Plattsburg thwarted Sir George Prevost's planned invasion of the United States through the Hudson Valley and strengthened the American bargaining position for peace in Ghent. The battle was one of the most decisive of the War of 1812.

GLC02810

1822/06/05

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Indicates that he is sending a favorable examination of claims due to Henry Clay for his role in negotiating a "commercial treaty with G Britain, jointly with Mr Adams & Mr Gallatin, which you will Find in his Favor". Written as President.

GLC02897

1778/03/12

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to John Barry re: congratulating Barry for his "success" on the sea

Written as commander in chief.

GLC02907

1851/12/31

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred E. Burr

Asks Burr to write a letter to Thomas J. Rusk, even though he had previously asked Gideon Welles to do so. Also asks Burr to send him the "piece you spoke of in the Times, the Santa Anna letter, and the last 'Times'."

GLC02925.14

1785/12/03

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Jay re: powers and liabilities of consuls

Written as American Minister to Great Britain, to Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jay. Adams recommends Winslow Warren to be consul in Lisbon and discusses qualifications for consuls. Docketed by Jay. Written at Grosvenor Square.

GLC02951

1796/04/12

Adams, Thomas B., 1772-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Pitcairn re: Mediterranean sailing for American ships, Algiers

GLC02961