James Simpson letterbook, 1793-1797.

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James Simpson letterbook, 1793-1797.

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Letterbook kept by Simpson while serving as U.S. consul in Gibraltar and Tangier, Morocco. Letters relate primarily to naval affairs on the Barbary Coast, politics in North African states, and other matters of diplomatic and naval intelligence. Includes copies of letters to Simpson from Thomas Jefferson, Sulaymān, Sultan of Morocco, Jonathan Trumbull, George Washington, and others.

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