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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
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