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1811/04/08
Bashaw Caramanli, Jusuf (fl. 1805-1811)
to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]
Mentions John Payne, B[ryan] McDonough and George Davis, all of whom worked for the American Consulate.
GLC02794.164
Mentions John Payne's diplomatic activities.
GLC02794.165
1812/09/30
Smith, George C.
Copy of letter to Edward Fettyplan [?] re: Smith's status as slave in Algiers
Notation on first page: "Copy of a letter received Septr 30th 1812." "Be not astonished!! for alas! it is too true, that I am now addressing you as a Slave in Algiers . . . . I think that all differences will be adjusted between G[reat] B[ritain],...
GLC02794.167
[1805]
Spanish account listing ships and losses at battle of Trafalger [in Spanish]
First page is the "State of the squads that battled on 21 October 1805 at S.C. Cadiz, seven leagues distant from the said port." Second page is the "State of the English squads after the battle with the Combinada on the 21st of October." [Cataloger...
GLC02794.172
Receipt of ransom for American prisoners [in Arabic with English translation]
"We hereby acknowledge & have received from the hands of Col: Tobias Lear the full sum of sixty thousand dollars mentioned as Ransom for two hundred Americans, in the Treaty of Peace." Notation on second page: "Translation."
GLC02794.173
[1800? ca.
[in Arabic]
GLC02794.174
[1800 ca.]
"Demention [sic] of a Thrashing Machine"
Detailed description of James Tod's threshing machine.
GLC02794.177
12 June 1814
Foster, Ephraim H. (1794-1854)
to William Graham
Foster expresses his enduring friendship for Graham, though the two have not seen each other in years. Discusses Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians, their surrender, and other local news.
GLC02801
28 February 1814
Foster discusses a campaign against the Creek Indians, led by Andrew Jackson, in which he was a participant. Discusses the "unlawful pretensions" of the British, demands that Americans "must be as safe abroad as at home," and hopes the War of 1812...
GLC02802
8 April 1814
Talks about the "glorious & transporting news" of Andrew Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which would prove to be the effective end of the Creek War. Exalts over "the true Genl. Jackson," and his success...
GLC02804
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