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- GLC#
- GLC03196
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- March 30, 1795
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- [Appointment of David Humphreys Commissioner Plenipotentiary for Algiers treaty]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : vellum : docket Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 45.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
President George Washington's Commission of Humphreys to negotiate a treaty of amity and commerce with Tripoli. Countersigned by Sec. of State Edmund Randolph. Features paper seal, image visible on verso. Docket on verso reads "To the Most Illustrious the Bashaw, Lords and Governors, of the City and Kingdom of Tripoli."
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