Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810 to Tobias Lear re: assassination and expulsion of Jews from Algiers (pogrom)

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GLC#
GLC02794.063-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
28 June 1805
Author/Creator
Mountford, Timothy, fl. 1804-1810
Title
to Tobias Lear re: assassination and expulsion of Jews from Algiers (pogrom)
Place Written
Algiers, Algeria
Pagination
11 p. ; Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 18.1 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

An almost hour-by-hour description of the assassination of Napatili Busnach, Jewish Algerian government officer, and the expulsion and massacre of Jews in Algiers by the government. Mountford sends a report of activities in the city. "This morning about 8 O'clock, Napatili Busnach, in the sheet, was shot thro' the Belly, by a Turk Soldier, & died in two hours after. He never spoke after [inserted: he] was shot, altho' he walked to his own house. About 3 P.M. he was buried. The deed of a single Soldier threw everything into confusion -- the City appears to be ready for insurrection, such is the clamor against the Jews." The account covers 28 June to 1 July 1805. Mountford was Lear's secretary in Algiers. Marked "Duplicate" on first page.

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