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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02794.173 |
| From Archive Folder | Tobias Lear papers |
| Title | Receipt of ransom for American prisoners [in Arabic with English translation] |
| Date | 1805 |
| Author | Caramanli, Jusuf (fl. 1805-1811) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | "We hereby acknowledge & have received from the hands of Col: Tobias Lear the full sum of sixty thousand dollars mentioned as Ransom for two hundred Americans, in the Treaty of Peace." Notation on second page: "Translation." |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Diplomacy Global History and Civics Africa Barbary Coast Barbary Wars Treaty Prisoner Pirates Finance Prisoner of War Barbary Pirates |
| People | Caramanli, Jusuf (fl. 1805-1811) |
| Place written | Tripoli |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| 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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