1I. Proposed Convention against the Barbary States, [before 4 July 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
Proposals for concerted operation among the powers at war with the Pyratical states of Barbary. 1. It is proposed that the several powers at war with the Pyratical states of Barbary (or any two or more of them who shall be willing) shall enter into a Convention to carry on their operations against those states in concert, beginning with the Algerines. 2. This convention shall remain open to...
2[From Thomas Jefferson to the Ambassadors of Portugal and Russia, 1 December 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 1 Dec. 1786 . An entry in SJPL under this date reads: “Russie & Portugal. Ambassadors. A combined operation against the Barbary powers.” Neither letter has been found, but see TJ’s plan of operation against the Barbary states, following.]