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Davis, George Barber, fl. 1803-1811 to Ahmet Bashaw Caramanli re: stipulations of Caramanli's loss of power

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.121 Author/Creator: Davis, George Barber, fl. 1803-1811 Place Written: Tripoli Type: Manuscript document Date: 1808/12/05 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Davis writes: "The mutability of Your Excellency's opinions has, in a great measure, destroyed in the mind of your brother those favorable feelings towards you which, with an infinite deal of troubles, I had succeeded in exciting." He then goes on to detail the conditions of Caramanli's required departure to " the Levant or to the Continent of America [. . . .] If Your Excellency shall at length decide upon the positive acceptance of these offers I will request Mr. Higgens, our Navy Agent at Malta, to supply you with the monthly allowance lately discontinued." Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151.
(Letter #4 in bound volume.)

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