Sold for:
$900
$900
Barbary Pirates, Letter, 13 January 1794. Two-and-a-half page letter on laid paper. To Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), addressing the problem of piracy on the Barbary coast. A period copy of several letters, combined into one document, with the signature of Williams Thayer, forwarded to Bourne during his term as a member of Congress, old folds, some tears, a bit dusty, wax seal has flaked away, the sheet torn with slight loss, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. A week after the date of this later, Congress moved to establish an official navy to defend American ships from the predation of the Barbary corsairs.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
