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Bassa, Hamuda (fl. 1803-1807) to Thomas Jefferson re: desire for peace between two nations [in Italian]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.114 Author/Creator: Bassa, Hamuda (fl. 1803-1807) Place Written: Tunis Type: Manuscript document Date: 1807/02/27 Pagination: 3 p. + docket 24.9 x 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Written in a clerk's hand with clerical signature. Mentions Tobias Lear's efforts to maintain peace between U.S. and Tunis, as well as the Bashaw's peaceful intentions. Docketed on verso.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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