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Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807 Copy of letter to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.083 Author/Creator: Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807 Place Written: Tunis Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1805/08/07 Pagination: 2 p. : docket : Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Tobias Lear (p. 2) on 2 September 1805, with a note: "a true copy from the Original." Manuscript copy of GLC 2794.082. Marked "Copia" in upper left-hand corner of the first page. Docketed on verso.

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