A short account of Algiers, [electronic resource] : and of its several wars against Spain, France, E...
A short account of Algiers, [electronic resource] : and of its several wars against Spain, France, England, Holland, Venice, and other powers of Europe, from the usurpation of Barbarossa and the invasion of the Emperor Charles V. to the present time. With a concise view of the origin of the rupture between Algiers and the United States. [Four lines from Buchanan] To which is added, a copious appendix, containing letters from Captains Penrose, M'Shane, and sundry other American captives, with a description of the treatment those prisoners experience.
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Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street, October 20, 1794. (Copy right secured, according to act of Congress)
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October 20, 1794. (Copy right secured, according to act of Congress)
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50, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 folded map ; 8°.
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Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street, October 20, 1794. (Copy right secured, according to act of Congress)
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Second edition, improved.
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United States of America
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October 20, 1794. (Copy right secured, according to act of Congress)
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A short account of Algiers, [electronic resource] : and of its several wars against Spain, France, England, Holland, Venice, and other powers of Europe, from the usurpation of Barbarossa and the invasion of the Emperor Charles V. to the present time. With a concise view of the origin of the rupture between Algiers and the United States. [Four lines...
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"Extracts from a 'Poem on the happiness of America,' by Colonel Humphrys."--p. 46-50.
Attributed to Mathew Carey by Evans.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. [51-52].
Map of the Barbary Coast signed: J.T. Scott, sculp.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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ESTC W29400.
Evans, 26733.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74VveqpoBqyl
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