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Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807 to Commodore Morris re: controversy over American Consuls [in Italian]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.055 Author/Creator: Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807 Place Written: Tunis Type: Manuscript document Date: 1803/09/01 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 8.7 cm Order a Copy

Regarding the arrival of James Leander Cathcart, and controversial allegations against George Davis. Written in a clerk's hand, with clerical signature.

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