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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02794.122 |
| From Archive Folder | Tobias Lear papers |
| Title | George Davis to William Higgens regarding instructions to pay Sidi Ahmet Caramanli's monthly pension |
| Date | 5 December 1808 |
| Author | Davis, George (fl. 1803-1811) |
| Recipient | Higgens, William |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Davis encloses an "unsealed letter to the ex-Bashaw" (GLC02794.122), and instructs the U.S. Naval Agent at Malta to pay the ex-Bashaw a monthly pension of $200/month "[i]n case Sidi Ahment shall accept the terms proposed to him in my letter . . . ." Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151. (Letter #5 in bound volume.) |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Government and Civics Africa Debt Finance Barbary Coast Barbary Pirates Barbary Wars Prisoner Pirates Slavery Navy |
| People | Davis, George (fl. 1803-1811) Higgens, William (fl. 1808) Caramanli, Ahmet (fl. 1808-1809) |
| Place written | Tripoli, Libya |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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