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Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810 to [Tobias] Lear re: journal entry arguing absurdity of British/French alliance

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.057 Author/Creator: Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810 Place Written: Algiers, Algeria Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1804/01/25 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Signed: "T.M." Mountford presents extensive arguments against the report "that the French & English have formed an alliance for the reduction of all Barbary," arguing that the two nations are natural enemies, that the French do not need the aid of the British and that the British inherently distrust the French. The alliance is only feasible if "both [nations] suffering from the ravages of war . . . have finally agreed, to throw on the heads of the Barbary powers (and particularly Algiers, the enemy of both) the destruction they were planning for each other." Mountford was Lear's secretary in Algiers.

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