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1. James L. Cathcart papers, 1785-1817

   300 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomat. Journals and letterbooks relating chiefly to Cathcart’s capture (1785) by Algerians off Cape Saint Vincent, Portugal, while he served on the schooner Maria of Boston, his eleven-year captivity, and the successive offices he held while a prisoner, becoming chief Christian secretary to the Dey of Algiers (1792). The letterbooks relate to his later service as United States consul (1797-1817).