Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Hamuda Bassa re: continued peace between U.S. and Tunis
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.093 Author/Creator: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Place Written: Tunis Bay Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1805/08/11 Pagination: 2 p. + docket 24.5 x 19.8 cm Order a Copy
Final draft of GLC 2794.092 in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." Lear responds to the Bashaw's letter of 9 August 1805 (GLC 2794.088). "[A]s [your previous letters] contain such assurances of your friendly disposition towards the United States, and expressions of a determination to continue that friendship . . . I shall not hesitate to present myself before your Excellency towmorrow . . . ." Docketed on verso.
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