#barbary war

[ltwilliammowett]

Muscle in the Mediterranean, The First Barbary War, 1801-1805 (Ships from left to right: U.S. Frigates Constellation, Congress, Constitution, Essex, Sloop Hornet), by Patrick O’Brien (1960-)

[baebeylik]

Decatur’s Squadron at Algiers.

June 1815. American involvement in the Barbary Wars.

Part of the President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Navy Art Collection.

[todaysdocument]

Report from Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson on Mediterranean Trade [1st/last pages], 12/28/1790

In the late eighteenth century, the Mediterranean was plagued by pirates. In this report, Jefferson lays out the options for Congress: war, or paying tribute or ransom.  

File Unit: November - December, 1790, 11/1/1790 - 12/31/1790

Series: Letters Received, 1789 - 1906

Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002

Transcription:

[pencil: file Dec. 28, 1790. 163)

The Secretary of State, to whom was referred, by the House of Representatives, so much of the Speech of the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, as relates to the the Trade of the United States in the Mediterranean, with Instructions to report thereupon to the House, has had the same under Consideration, and thereupon makes the following

Report,

The Loss of the Records of the Custom houses in several of the States, which took place about the Commencement, and during the Course of the late War, had deprived us of official Information, as to the Extent of our Commerce and Navigation in the Mediterranean Sea.  According to the Best which may be obtained from other Sources meriting Respect; it may be concluded that about one  Sixth of the Wheat and Flour exported from the United States, and about one Fourth in value of their dried and pickled Fish, and some Rice, found their best Markets in the Mediterranean Ports: that these articles constituted the principal Part of what we sent into that Sea: that that Commerce loaded outwards from Eighty to one hundred Ships, annually of Twenty thousand Tons, navigated

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been out of the Streights in the last five Years.  Should Portugal effect a Peace with them, as has been apprehended for some Time, the Atlantic will immediately become the principal Scene of their Piracies; Their Peace with Spain having reduced the Profits of their Mediterranean Cruises below the Expenses of Equipment.  

Upon the whole, it rests with Congress to decide between War, Tribute, and Ransom, as the Means of re-establishing our Mediterranean Commerce.  If War, they will consider how far our own Resources shall be called forth, and how far they will enable the Executive to engage, in the Forms of the Constitution, the co-operation of other Powers.  If Tribute or Ransom, it will rest with them to limit and provide the amount, and, with the Executive, observing the same constitutional Forms, to take arrangements for employing it to the best advantage.  

Th. Jefferson Secretary of State

[sailorgil]

“ The First Barbary War  --  1801-1805 “  ...   The Attack Made on Tripoli on the 3rd of August 1804, by the American Squadron under Commodore Edward Preble: depicting the first attack on Tripoli harbor by the Constitution, the Syren, the Argus, the Enterprise, the Nautilus, and the Vixen. (created 1805) Hand-colored engraving by J.B. Guerrazzi.

More Info:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War 

[liberatingletters]

To The Shores Of Tripoli

April 27, 1805: Marines storm the Shores of Tripoli in the 1st Barbary War

[ltwilliammowett]

USS Entrerprise vs. Tripolitan Corsair Tripoli, 1 August 1801. Lieutenant Andrew Sterrett leaving USS Enterprise to board the Tripoli after the corsair’s surrender. Artwork by Orlando Lagman after Claudus, 1965

[cadavidson]

History Facts: Book Review—Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates

History Facts: Book Review—Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates

History Facts:

Book Review—Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

The forgotten Barbary War that changed American history

Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

To my dad, who died way too young, and my mom, who worked way too hard. They taught me from day one that being born in America was like winning the lottery. This story is yet more proof that they were 100…

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Book Review Thursday: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History

Book Review Thursday: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager team together again to write a compelling narrative about a key piece of early American history.  The Revolutionary War had ended, George Washington had resigned as commander-in-chief and bade farewell to his troops by the end of 1783.

The Constitutional Convention wouldn’t convene in Philadelphia until 1787 and Washington wouldn’t be…

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