Cathcart, James L. (James Leander) 1767-1843 creator mixed material monographic eng 300 3 1 1.2 Journals, letterbooks, and letter relating to the capture of the schooner Maria of Boston off the coast of Cape Saint Vincent, Portugal, by Algerians in 1785; Cathcart's subsequent eleven-year imprisonment in Algiers during which he became chief Christian secretary to the Dey of Algiers (1792); and his service as U.S. consul in Tripoli, Libya, Tunis, Tunisia, and Cádiz, Spain. Cathcart describes slaves, ships, and Americans captured by the Algerians; living conditions for Christian slaves; his role in negotiations for the release of Christian prisoners; culture and customs of Algiers; Ramadan; arrivals of ships; relations between Algiers and countries including the U.S.; and relations between the U.S. and France, Libya, and Tunisia. Correspondents include Thomas Appleton, William Eaton, George William Erving, James Madison, John Marshall, James Monroe, Richard O'Brien, Francisco Javier de Oms (marques de Castelldosrius), Timothy Pickering, and William Loughton Smith. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 19,571. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1987. Diplomat. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009015 Appleton, Thomas 1763-1840 Correspondence Eaton, William 1764-1811 Correspondence Erving, George William 1769-1850 Correspondence Madison, James 1751-1836 Correspondence Marshall, John 1755-1835 Correspondence Monroe, James 1758-1831 Correspondence O'Brien, Richard approximately 1758-1824 Correspondence Oms, Francisco Javier de 1767-1842 Correspondence Pickering, Timothy 1745-1829 Correspondence Smith, William Loughton 1758-1812 Correspondence Maria of Boston (Schooner) Prisoners, foreign Algeria Ramadan Slavery Algeria Algeria Foreign relations United States Algiers (Algeria) History Algiers (Algeria) Social life and customs France Foreign relations United States Libya Foreign relations United States Spain Foreign relations United States Tunisia Foreign relations United States Diplomatic and consular service, American Libya Tripoli Diplomatic and consular service, American Spain Cádiz Diplomatic and consular service, American Tunisia Tunis United States Foreign relations 1789-1809 United States Foreign relations Algeria United States Foreign relations France United States Foreign relations Libya United States Foreign relations Spain United States Foreign relations Tunisia Diplomats mm 79015388 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009015 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009015.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009015 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009015.3 Open to research. DLC 790807 20260227111654.0 mm 79015388