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Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Copy of treaty of peace and amity between the United States and Tripoli

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.071 Author/Creator: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Place Written: [Tripoli] Type: Manuscript document Date: 1805/06/04 Pagination: 7 p. : docket : Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

In a clerk's hand with copy signatures of Tobias Lear and the various Tripolitan leaders involved in the treaty.

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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