James Simpson letterbook
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; American Diplomatic and consular service; Foreign service; United States. Navy; History; United States; Foreign relations; Military intelligence
Description: Letterbook kept by Simpson while serving as U.S. consul in Gibraltar and Tangier, Morocco.  Letters relate primarily to naval affairs on the Barbary Coast, politics in North African states, and other matters of diplomatic and naval intelligence. Includes copies of letters to Simpson from Thomas Jefferson, Sulaymān, Sultan of Morocco, Jonathan Trumbull, George Washington, and others.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Martha C. Spicer, 1999.

British subject serving as U.S. consul in Gibraltar and Tangier, Morocco.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.