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- GLC#
- GLC02794.064-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1805/03/18
- Author/Creator
- Nilsen, N.C., fl. 1805
- Title
- to Samuel Barron re: Tripoli minister's desire to re-establish peace with U.S.
- Place Written
- Tripoli
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Nilsen was the Danish Consul to Tripoli. Commodore Barron was the commander of the U.S. Naval forces in the Mediterranean. "Sidi Muhamed Dghies is desirous of a peace and . . . his health and particularly the state of his eyes, will oblige him to retire with his family in a short time . . . he is afraid that being absent he Shall not be able so easily to suscitate in the mind of the Bashaw equal peaceful sentiments with his own." Docketed on first page.
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