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On the naval war with the Tripoli pirates... Reducing the Marine Corps...



Item # 700652

December 17, 1803

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL & MASSACHUSETTS FEDERALIST, Boston, Dec. 17, 1803  

* First Barbary War - Tripolitan
* President Thomas Jefferson


Page 2 has a letter from the President to Congress concerning the Tripolitan or Barbary War and trouble with various ships, including mention of Rogers, Campbell, Bainbridge & Preble. Signed in type: Th. Jefferson.
Also mention of a bill for the reduction of the Marine Corps, with a few details.
Four pages, minor wear at the margins.

Category: Pre-Civil War