Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843

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Cathcart, James L. (James Leander), 1767-1843

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Cathcart, James L. 1767-1843.

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Cathcart, James Lear, American Consul at Tripoli

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Cathcart, James L.

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Cathcart, James Leander

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Cathcart, James Leander 1767-1843

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Cathcart, James Lear

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Cathcart, James Lear


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Cathcart, Giacomo Leandro 1767-1843

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Cathcart, Giacomo Leandro 1767-1843


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Cathcart was U.S. consul at Tripoli, later at Madeira and Cadiz.

From the description of ALS, 1799 July 14 : Tripoli in Barbary, to William Eaton, U.S. Consul, Tunis. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14964122

Diplomat.

From the description of James L. Cathcart papers, 1785-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981112

American diplomat, American consul in Algeria when it declared war on the United States in May 1801, which forced him to retreat to Leghorn, Italy.

From the description of James L. Cathcart letter, 1801 July 10. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937007

James Leander Cathcart (1767-1843) was born in Ireland and brought to America as a child. While he was in the merchant service, his vessel was captured by Algerines in 1785 and Cathcart, with the rest of the crew, was sold into slavery in Algiers. Able and clever, he became Christian secretary to the Bey and adviser to the Americans who were trying to appease the pirates by diplomacy and bribery. In 1798, he was appointed a special diplomatic agent by the U.S. government and accompanied William Eaton to Tunis. Cathcart later served as consul at Madeira and at Cadiz. For the last twenty years of his life he worked in the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C.

From the description of Papers, 1788-1796. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259228

Epithet: American Consul at Tripoli

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1767, June 1 Born, Mount Murragh, County Westmeath, Ireland 1775 Immigrated to America 1779 Midshipman, Continental frigate Confederacy 1780 1782 Captured and imprisoned on the prison ships Good Hope and Old Jersey by British forces in New York 1782 Escaped from the British forces 1785, July 25 Captured with the schooner Maria of Boston by an Algerian xebec off Cape St. Vincent; sold into slavery 1787 1792 In captivity, served as clerk of the marine, clerk of the bagnio gallera (prison of the galley slaves), keeper of the prison tavern, and clerk to the prime minister 1792 Named chief Christian secretary to the Dey and Regency of Algiers 1795 1796 Assisted in the negotiations of the Barbary Treaties 1796 Released from captivity; returned to the United States 1797 1801 United States consul, Tripoli, Libya 1798 Married Jane Bancker Woodside of Philadelphia, Pa. 1798 Special diplomatic agent to assist William Eaton, Tunis, Tunisia 1802 United States consul general, Algiers, Algeria 1803 United States consul, Tunis, Tunisia 1807 1815 United States consul, Madeira, Portugal 1815 1817 United States consul, Cádiz, Spain 1818 1820 Naval agent for the protection of live oak timber in Florida 1820 1840? Employed in the United States Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. 1843, October 6 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the James L. Cathcart Papers, 1785-1817, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Diplomatic and consular service, American


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