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- GLC#
- GLC02794.146-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1808/07/10
- Author/Creator
- Consul General of France, fl. 1808
- Title
- to Tobias Lear re: gives Lear credit for liberating slaves from Tripoli
- Place Written
- French Garden
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 20 cm, Width: 9.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
"The consul general of France . . . is extremely thankful for [Lear's] delicate proceedings, but by no means pretends to contend with him [inserted: for] the pleasure of benefiting the unfortunate slaves who applied to him for their liberation . . . . who obtained yesterday their liberty." Docketed on address leaf.
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