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Excerpt from Narrative of a Residence in Algiers: Comprising a Geographical and Historical Account of the Regency; Biographical Sketches of the Dey and His Ministers; Anecdotes of the Late War; Observations on the Relations of the Barbary States With the Christian Powers; And the Necessity and Importance
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