1From James Madison to Thomas Triplett, 18 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To Thomas Triplett. 18 June 1806, Department of State. “The Government of Algiers having expressed a wish that a Physician should be appointed to reside there to administer professional aid to the Dey and his principal officers, it has been judged expedient to send you in that character. The principal motive to this compliance has reference to the means it will afford of attaching the good...