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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.074 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1805/08 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 9 cm Order a Copy

Bears two inscriptions: "Correspondence with His Excelly the Bey of Tunis." "Copy of a Letter from the President of the U. States to the Bey of Tunis," without the letter enclosed.

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