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Original Exhibition Caption: President Roosevelt prized this 1793 diplomatic commission, which bears the signatures of two American presidents- George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who served as Washington's Secretary of State.
The commission certifies that diplomat David Humphreys was empowered to serve as "Commissioner Plenipotentiary" for the United States and negotiate a peace treaty with the Dey of Algiers, who was staging pirate attacks on American merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Diplomatic Commission signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
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Diplomatic Commission signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
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Original Exhibition Caption: President Roosevelt prized this 1793 diplomatic commission, which bears the signatures of two American presidents- George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who served as Washington's Secretary of State.
The commission certifies that diplomat David Humphreys was empowered to serve as "Commissioner Plenipotentiary" for the United States and negotiate a peace treaty with the Dey of Algiers, who was staging pirate attacks on American merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea.
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AR 2025.1.69
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Naval and Marine Manuscript Collection
Correspondence, Subject and Other Manuscript Records
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1793-03-21
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