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Washington, George, 1732-1799 Treaty between the U.S. and the Dey & Regency of Algiers (c/s Timothy Pickering)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.001 Author/Creator: Washington, George, 1732-1799 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 1796/03/07 Pagination: 11 p. ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Signed as President and countersigned by Pickering as Secretary of State. English translation from the Arabic with clerical signatures for Vizier Hassan Bashan (the Dey of Algiers), Joseph Donaldson Jr. (American negotiator) and David Humphreys (American Minister to Portugal).

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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