1From George Washington to the Dey of Algiers, 3 December 1796 (Washington Papers)
To the most excellent and most illustrious Vizer Hassan Bashaw, Dey of the City and Regency of Algiers. Health, Peace, and Prosperity. I have received your Excellency’s letter bearing date the 5th of May last, by James Leander Cathcart, informing me that altho’ eight months had then elapsed since peace and harmony had been settled between our two Nations, not one Article of the agreement had...
2From George Washington to the Dey of Algiers, 13 June 1796 (Washington Papers)
To the most Excellent and most Illustrious Hassan Bashaw Dey of the City and Regency of Algiers. By the late arrival of Captain O’Brien from Lisbon, with letters from Colonel Humphreys, I have received the painful intelligence that the money stipulated by Joseph Donaldson Junior when he concluded a treaty with you in behalf of the United States, has not yet been paid. This disappointment I...