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Jefferson letter on the Tripolitan War... On the Louisiana Purchase...
Jefferson letter on the Tripolitan War... On the Louisiana Purchase...
Item # 684875
November 11, 1803
NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 11, 1803
* President Thomas Jefferson
* USS Philadelphia capture
* Tripolitan - First Barbary War
Inside has a letter from the President concerning the capture of the frigate Philadelphia by the enemy in Tripoli Harbor, during the Tripolitan War, signed in type: Th. Jefferson. Other correspondence concerning this event as well including a letter signed: William Bainbridge, commander of the Philadelphia.
Page 2 also has: "The Louisiana Treaty" which is an analysis of its good & bad features.
Four pages, some dirtiness & foxing, mostly good.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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