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040 _aDLC
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100 1 _aCathcart, James L.
_q(James Leander),
_d1767-1843.
245 0 0 _aJames L. Cathcart papers,
_f1785-1817.
300 _a300
_fitems.
300 _a3
_fcontainers.
300 _a1
_fmicrofilm reel.
300 _a1.2
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aJournals, 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition available,
_dno. 19,571.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_cWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1987.
545 0 _aDiplomat.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009015
600 1 0 _aAppleton, Thomas,
_d1763-1840
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEaton, William,
_d1764-1811
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aErving, George William,
_d1769-1850
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMadison, James,
_d1751-1836
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMarshall, John,
_d1755-1835
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMonroe, James,
_d1758-1831
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aO'Brien, Richard,
_dapproximately 1758-1824
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aOms, Francisco Javier de,
_d1767-1842
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPickering, Timothy,
_d1745-1829
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSmith, William Loughton,
_d1758-1812
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aMaria of Boston (Schooner)
650 0 _aPrisoners, foreign
_zAlgeria.
650 0 _aRamadan.
650 0 _aSlavery
_zAlgeria.
651 0 _aAlgeria
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aAlgiers (Algeria)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aAlgiers (Algeria)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aFrance
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aLibya
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aSpain
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aTunisia
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zLibya
_zTripoli.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zSpain
_zCádiz.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zTunisia
_zTunis.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_y1789-1809.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zAlgeria.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zFrance.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zLibya.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zSpain.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zTunisia.
656 7 _aDiplomats.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009015
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009015.3
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