Papers, 1797-1903.

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Papers, 1797-1903.

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The papers of William Shaler, United States agent in Mexico, consul general to the Barbary States and Cuba, and Nathaniel Shaler, captain of a privateer during the war with England, 1812-1814, reflect American diplomatic relations in the early nineteenth century, particularly foreign interference with American commerce, seizure of American Vessels by Algerian, Spanish, and Neapolitan ships, the part played by the United States in the Mexican, Cuban and Florida controversies, the War of 1812, naval battles, privateering, Algerian negotiations and the resulting peace treaty. Included are: accounts; cargo and shipping papers; miscellaneous records of the Shaler family; "Journal of the Mission to Algiers," 1817, signed by the secretary of the commission, Charles O. Handy; autograph letter to William Shaler from Commodore O. H. Perry, of the Java, 1817; copy of an account of a naval battle with an English frigate, 1814, by Nathaniel Shaler; letter to William Shaler from Vincent Gray describing the burning of the city of Washington by the British, and the battle of New Orleans, 1815; correspondence, 1797-1833; miscellaneous papers, documents, accounts, cargo and shipping manifests, 1798-1867, including the military papers of Captain N. T. Shaler, 1862-1867, and the passport of Nathaniel S. Shaler, 1903.

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