161To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 19 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Cadiz, 19 Dec. 1792 . Intelligence from Rabat and Tangier confirms the account in his last of the “Revolt in Abda and Duquda.” He hopes soon to be able to inform TJ that Suliman has taken the field and is “Master of the Empire,” but he would not be surprised if some unforeseen event occurred instead. Having been refused asylum in Algiers, Muley Slema fled from thence across the mountains....
162To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 27 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 24th. I received under Cover from Mr. Pinckney several papers from Philadelphia, dated the first and eleventh of June, to which the most unremitting attention will be shewn. Affairs in Morocco Continue in the State they were in when I last wrote to you, neither of the Brothers having Moved from his Capital, Nor can we yet learn what the intentions of the Basha’s are, though I have...
163To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 27 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
As it is impossible to pass Bills at Gibraltar for the necessary Sum, and as the exportation of it from Cadiz would be attended with an expense of four thousand Dollars; there is no mode left but for me to pass to Lisbon, where I think it may be raised, without a communication of the Business to any person but Mr. Humphreys. If it cannot be done there, I must depend on Mr. Pinckney’s sending...
164To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 2 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Cadiz, 2 Jan. 1793 . Contrary winds having detained the vessel by which he intends to proceed to Setúbal on his way to Lisbon, he may go by way of Ayamonte. He encloses “a letter of some Consequence” he has just received from Gibraltar and hopes to reach that place this month. RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD ); 1 p.; endorsed by TJ as received 25 Feb. 1793 and so recorded in SJL . FC (disassembled Lb in...