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  <titleInfo>
    <title>William Penn Chandler papers, 1854-1856</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Chandler, William Penn</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1820-</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>4</extent>
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  <abstract>Letterbook (containing circa 130 letters) and 3 volumes of a diary detailing Chandler's business and social affairs while he was American consul to the city and kingdom of Tunis. Includes references to the gift of the Bey of Tunis of two camels to the U.S. Army Transport Service and the work of David Dixon Porter and Henry C. Wayne to convey them safely to the U.S. Correspondents include Ahmed and Mohammed, Beys of Tunis, Sir Edward Barnes, Charles H. Bell, Count Raffo (foreign minister of Tunis), and William Winthrop (consul at Malta).</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Lawyer, editor and diplomat.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Diplomatic and consular service, American</topic>
    <geographic>Tunisia</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army Transport Service.</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Camels</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Porter, David D. (David Dixon)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1813-1891</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wayne, Henry C. (Henry Constantine)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1815-1883</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Bell, Charles Henry</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1823-1893</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Bey of Tunis</namePart>
      <namePart>Ahmed</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Mohammed, Bey of Tunis</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Sir</namePart>
      <namePart>Barnes, Edward</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1776-1838</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Raffo, Count</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Winthrop, William</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Diplomats</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Editors</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Lawyers</occupation>
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  <identifier type="lccn">mm 79052613</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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