Gen. Eaton's Letter, to the Chairman of The Committee of Claims, on the case of David Valenzin. : from the National Intellingencer

Name:

Eaton, William, 1764-1811; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims

Date:

1806-01-31

Identifier:

2014.02.26.00001; {FC7DA3BA-B359-461D-91C7-3E257ECBD545}; 21.244

Language:

English

Relation:

The Kaplan Term Acquisition Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229052

Subject:

Newspapers; Periodicals; Valenzin, David, -1804

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

serials (publications); newspapers

Physical Description:

page 1; 51 cm

Related Place:

United States -- New Hampshire -- Walpole

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

This issue devotes two front-page columns to a letter by General William Eaton who headed American forces in the Barbary Wars in North Africa. The letter, followed by analysis, is addressed to the Committee on Claims of the United States, pertaining to David Valenzin, a Jewish native of Venice, Italy. Valenzin was a merchant captured by American forces in these wars. His goods were confiscated and sold. In despair, Valenzin committed suicide before some restitution was made. (from Bonhams Auction description); Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kaplan Term Acquisition Fund.; Kaplan copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2013 from Bonhams.; Kaplan Collection copy Collectify ID 2014.02.26.00001.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Special, Arc Ms 56, Oversize Box 7, Folder 2

Collection:

Political observatory; Kaplan Term Acquisition Fund; Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)