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Collection Reference Number GLC07937.04
From Archive Folder Algiers archive relating to the capture of John Burnham 
Title To Edward Everett
Date 16 January 1829
Document Type Correspondence
Subjects Government and Civics  Global History and Civics  
People Randolf, Edmund (fl. 1793-1832)  Burnham, John (1758-1837)  
Theme Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Folder includes 19-page narrative of capture details, 2 letters to Edmund Randolph pleading for help, etc. Burnham was captain of the ship "Hope." Collection includes lists of goods and monies owed to various parties in the Mediteranean and also suggestions of how to best bring about peace with the Ottoman Empire (i.e. get France's help.) Also included is a folder of 9 letters grouped under the title "Papers relating to the Pension of Captain Burnham, an Algerine Prisoner."
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859