- GLC#
- GLC06304.02
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1805/08/13
- Author/Creator
- Thornton, William, fl. 1805-1806
- Title
- to William Eaton re: cover letter on relations with Algiers and Barbary pirates
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Eaton was American naval agent at Tripoli. Calls the enclosed document (.01) a "Holy Roll." He writes in part "I inclose you the Blessing & mysteries revealed to the chief maiabout Philosopher, astronomer, soothsayer & magician of the west."
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