Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810 to Tobias Lear re: attempted murder of Dey, and English/French relations
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.065 Author/Creator: Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810 Place Written: Algiers, Algeria Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1805/03/23 Pagination: 4 p. 22.6 x 18.2 cm Order a Copy
Mountford describes attempted assassination of the Dey of Algiers by four Turkish soldiers "each armed with two pistols, a Carbine & an atagon . . . . His attendants were at the distance of 60 yards & instantly ran to his assistance, and stoned to death, three of these assassins on the spot . . . . A more miraculous escape never happened." The "King of England, had observed in his last speech to parliament, that negociations for peace were on foot, between his nation & France." Mountford was Lear's secretary in Algiers. Docketed on verso.
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