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30 November 1804

Eaton, William, 1764-1811

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hamet Karamanli

Eaton, United States Naval Agent to the Barbary States, informs Hamet Karamanli, deposed Bashaw of Tripoli, that the United States officially supports Eaton's previous promise of assistance to reinstate Hamet to the throne. Declares that "America is at peace with all the world except your brother Joseph," who had deposed Hamet.

GLC03367

22 August 1806

Eaton, William, 1764-1811

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dwight Foster

Re: Burr's western conspiracy. Eaton had told Jefferson, who answered, "'There is too much knowledge an integrity among the people to give room to any apprehension of the kind.'"

GLC08103

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