Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Hamuda Bassa re: continued peace between U.S. and Tunis

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GLC#
GLC02794.093-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
1805/08/11
Author/Creator
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
Title
to Hamuda Bassa re: continued peace between U.S. and Tunis
Place Written
Tunis Bay
Pagination
2 p. : docket : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Final draft of GLC 2794.092 in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." Lear responds to the Bashaw's letter of 9 August 1805 (GLC 2794.088). "[A]s [your previous letters] contain such assurances of your friendly disposition towards the United States, and expressions of a determination to continue that friendship . . . I shall not hesitate to present myself before your Excellency towmorrow . . . ." Docketed on verso.

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