A short account of Algiers : and of its several wars against Spain, France, England, Holland, Venice, and other powers of Europe, from the usurpation of Barbarossa and the invasion of the Emperor Charles V. to the present time. With a concise view of the origin of the rupture between Algiers and the United States. [Four lines from Buchanan] To which is added, a copious appendix, containing letters from Captains Penrose, M'Shane, and sundry other American captives, with a description of the treatment those prisoners experience.
| Author/creator | Carey, Mathew |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Second edition, improved. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street, October 20, 1794. (Copy right secured, according to act of Congress) |
| Description | 50 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 folded map ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| General note | Attributed to Mathew Carey by Evans. |
| General note | Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint. |
| General note | Map of the Barbary Coast signed: J.T. Scott, sculp. |
| General note | "Extracts from a 'Poem on the happiness of America,' by Colonel Humphrys."--p. 46-50. |
| General note | Bookseller's advertisement, p. [51-52]. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Evans, 26733 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW29400. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |