Letter, 1796 August 27, Washington, D.C., to the Collector of the Port of Boston.

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Letter, 1796 August 27, Washington, D.C., to the Collector of the Port of Boston.

Transmits, as Secretary of State, a group of passports, with special reference to the indenture and the Barbary pirates.

[1] leaf ; 25 cm.

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