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Thomas Jefferson: “I communicate for the information of Congress a letter from the consul of the United States at Malaga to the Secretary…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 1808
I communicate for the information of Congress a letter from the consul of the United States at Malaga to the Secretary of State, covering one from Mr. Lear, our consul at Algiers, which gives information that the rupture threatened on the part of the Dey of Algiers has been amicably settled, and the vessels seized by him are liberated.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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