Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Sidi Josaph Sapatapa of Tunis re: treaty between Tunis and the U.S.

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GLC#
GLC02794.096-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1805/08/22
Author/Creator
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
Title
to Sidi Josaph Sapatapa of Tunis re: treaty between Tunis and the U.S.
Place Written
Tunis
Pagination
3 p. : docket : Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Final draft of GLC 2794.095 in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Lear writes Sidi Jossaph, the Sapatapa (Prime Minister) to the Bey of Tunis to negotiate more favorable commerce and shipping agreements with Tunis, with the "object . . . to increase the harmony and good understanding which exists between" the U.S. and Tunis. Docketed on verso.

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