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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02794.112 |
| From Archive Folder | Tobias Lear papers |
| Title | Various Portuguese officers to Tobias Lear regarding the imprisonment and abuse of Portuguese individuals [in French] |
| Date | 24 October 1806 |
| Author | Portuguese Officers |
| Recipient | Lear, Tobias |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Signed by various Portuguese officers: Paulo Freire de Andrade, F. Bernardo Borges do Valle, Jose Bernardo de Hacerda, Diogo Ramire Esquivel, Joao Jose de Andrade, and Joao dos Santos. Letter mentions Portuguese wrongly imprisoned and beaten by Algerians. The document reports that some sick Portuguese soldiers, along with some Moors and Tripolitans, disguised as Algerians, escaped on a freighter. Docketed on verso. |
| Subjects | Diplomacy Government and Civics Global History and Civics Africa Barbary Coast Barbary Pirates Barbary Wars Prisoner Health and Medical Maritime Military History Slavery |
| People | Lear, Tobias (1762-1816) |
| Place written | Algiers, Algeria |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |