The absence of the document from the archives cannot be satisfactorily explained, for it is certain that the original convention was received at Washington. Both letters came by the U. S. S. Erie, Captain Deacon. While the matter is not beyond doubt, it is fairly certain that the language of the convention was English. Went to Bardo with the Treaty when the Bey informed me he had conceded all the alterations I had required. March 3d Sidi Assuna brought the Treaty signed and sealed by the Bashaw Bey, and the Bey.-Who informed me that the Turkish Secretary allways received a present for translating a Treaty.
Nothing is said as to any other language.
In his strictures Coxe writes of the amended articles as if their text were in English, quoting the language of some phrases with substantial accuracy. According to the proclamation, the convention was signed and sealed by Heap and Sidi Mahmoud. On the whole, it can be said that the text of the agreement as proposed by Heap was in English, and there is nothing in the archives of the Department of State to indicate that the agreement, as signed by him, was in any language other than English. As far as the records go, they indicate an English text only. There are various available sources from which the text of this document might be printed.