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Madison, James (1751-1836) Message from the President... transmitting a Treaty of Peace...[with] Algiers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02822 Author/Creator: Madison, James (1751-1836) Place Written: Washington Type: Pamphlet Date: 1815 Pagination: 19 p. 22 x 14 cm Order a Copy

Printing a the treaty of peace between the U.S. and the Dey of Algiers with the statements of American peace commissioners Stephen Decatur and William Shaler. Printed by William A. Davis.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Madison, James, 1751-1836

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