- GLC#
- GLC02794.091-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1805/08/11
- Author/Creator
- Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807
- Title
- Translation of letter to Tobias Lear re: delay in correspondence
- Place Written
- Tunis
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket : Height: 23.9 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
The Bashaw explains that his other obligations, and lack of access to a translator resulted in the delayed reply to Lear's letter. Emphasizes that Lear should not doubt "my zeal, & peaceful intentions." Docketed on verso: "Translation of a Letter from the Bey of Tunis to Tobias Lear-- Aug. 11th. 1805"
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