James Simpson letterbook, 1793-1797.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 1 itemSubject(s): - Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Correspondence
- Sulaymān, Sultan of Morocco, -1822
- Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809 -- Correspondence
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Correspondence
- United States. Navy -- Foreign service
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Africa, North -- 19th century
- Military intelligence -- United States -- 18th century
- Africa, North -- Politics and government -- 18th century
- Barbary Coast -- History
- Gibraltar -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Morocco -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Tangier (Morocco) -- History
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Gibraltar
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Morocco
- Consuls
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Letterbook kept by Simpson while serving as U.S. consul in Gibraltar and Tangier, Morocco. Letters relate primarily to naval affairs on the Barbary Coast, politics in North African states, and other matters of diplomatic and naval intelligence. Includes copies of letters to Simpson from Thomas Jefferson, Sulaymān, Sultan of Morocco, Jonathan Trumbull, George Washington, and others.
Collection material in English.
British subject serving as U.S. consul in Gibraltar and Tangier, Morocco.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
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