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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.074 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Manuscript document Date: 1805/08 Pagination: 1 p. 10.3 x 9 cm Order a Copy

Bears two inscriptions: "Correspondence with His Excelly the Bey of Tunis." "Copy of a Letter from the President of the U. States to the Bey of Tunis," without the letter enclosed.

Correspondence
With
His Excellency the Bey
Of Tunis

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copy of a letter to the
Secy. of State. Sept. 2nd. 1805
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Augt. 1805
Copy of a Letter from the
President of the U. States
To the Bey of Tunis

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