Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Sidi Josaph Sapatapa of Tunis re: treaty between Tunis and the U.S.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.096 Author/Creator: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Place Written: Tunis Type: Letter signed Date: 1805/08/22 Pagination: 3 p. + docket 25.1 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy
Final draft of GLC 2794.095 in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Lear writes Sidi Jossaph, the Sapatapa (Prime Minister) to the Bey of Tunis to negotiate more favorable commerce and shipping agreements with Tunis, with the "object . . . to increase the harmony and good understanding which exists between" the U.S. and Tunis. Docketed on verso.
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