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Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807 copy of letter to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.087 Author/Creator: Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807 Place Written: Tunis Type: Manuscript signed Date: 1805/08/09 Pagination: 10 p. : docket Height: 24.3 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Marked "Copia" in the upper left-hand corner of the first page. Signed by Tobias Lear on p. 9, with a note: "A true Copy from the Original." Bound by a green ribbon. Copy of GLC 2794.088. Docketed on verso.

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