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Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Petition to Dey of Algiers re: protecting consuls & families (in French)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04659 Author/Creator: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Place Written: Algiers, Algeria Type: Letter signed Date: 1808/04/22 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Signed as American agent and consul general. With other signers from the European powers, written after the Consul of Denmark was thrown into chains by the Dey. The document is a declaration of solidarity protesting Algerian aggression. Also signed by the consuls of Great Britain (H.S. Blanckley), France (Dubois as Chargee for Napoleon), Spain (Alonso Intur[?], Sweden (A. M. Fraissinitt [?]), Denmark (Georg Frederik Ulrich) and Holland ([illegible]).

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
Dey, Hussein, 1765-1838

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