Caramanli, Ahmet (fl. 1808-1809) to George Davis re: Sidi Ahmet's pension [in Italian]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.120 Author/Creator: Caramanli, Ahmet (fl. 1808-1809) Place Written: Malta Type: Manuscript document Date: 1808/11/05 Pagination: 1 p. 23 x 19 cm Order a Copy
Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151. (Letter #3 in bound volume.)
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George Davis, Consul of the United States of America for the Regent of Tripoli - To His Excellency Ahmet Bashaw Caramanli.--
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt announcing you arrival at Malta and the object of your temporary residence at that place.
A person on less indulgent than your brother would long since have insisted on my silence respecting your Excellency's claims, because all the concessions which I have obtained from him by my cuniary advantages resulting from him by my solicitations have met with your disapprobation, excepting the pecuniary advantage resulting from their acceptance, and nowithstanding that the measures were modified to your wishes.
Mr. Barker presented to Your Excellency a convention dated in October which stipulates your removal from Syracuse, and, almost, vests in the Bashaw the right of naming your particularly objected. To this
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