1Editorial Note: Reports on Mediterranean Trade and Algerine Captives (Jefferson Papers)
For two and a half centuries after the brothers Barbarossa of Algiers had ceased to terrorize the...
2I. A Proposal to Use Force against the Barbary States, 12 July 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Means which the Congress may make use of, in order to force the Regencies of Barbary to make...
3II. Secretary of State to the President, 28 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of State has the honor of presenting to the President a copy of the Report he read...
4III. Report on American Trade in the Mediterranean, 28 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred, by the House of Representatives, so much of the...
5IV. Report on American Captives in Algiers, 28 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of State, having had under Consideration the Situation of the Citizens of the...
6V. Secretary of State to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 29 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I have now the honour of submitting to the House of Representatives a Report on the navigation...
7VI. Secretary of State to the President of the Senate, 20 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you a letter from one of our captive citizens of Algiers, if I may...
8Enclosure I: Richard O’Bryen to William Carmichael, [11 or 15] May 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the Honor of informing you that good Fortune and favorable Opportunities offering, the...
9Enclosure II: Richard O’Bryen to William Carmichael, 17 May 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the Honor of writing you a Letter dated the 11th. Inst. and as Time permits I shall mention...
10VII. Senate Resolutions on the Algerine Captives, 1 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The Committee to whom was referred that part of the speech of the President of the U.S. at the...