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Preble, Edward, 1761-1807 List of people on a Turkish ship captured by U.S. Commodore Preble

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.066 Author/Creator: Preble, Edward, 1761-1807 Place Written: Malta Type: Manuscript document Date: 1805/05/21 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Notes number of people captured, including enslaved people owned by Turks and those being sent as presents. Also notes: "Two or three of the Black Slaves have died in the Castle at Syracuse." Note on p. 2: "A List of Prisoners."

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