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Torres, Domingos L.L. de, fl. 1806 to Tobias Lear re: request for a loan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.105 Author/Creator: Torres, Domingos L.L. de, fl. 1806 Place Written: Algiers, Algeria Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1806/07/01 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

" I am extremely sorry . . . . But an unexpected affliction obliges me to sollicit your assistance by the loan of twenty four piasters of Espagne, or twelve Sequinos of Algiers." Docketed on address leaf.

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