1810 Newspaper. JEFFERSON'S PLUNDER OF THE US TREASURY

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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL , BOSTON, APRIL 28, 1810. A 15 1/2" front page column headed SCIENCE OF DRAINING MONEY FROM THE TREASURY . A fascinating piece of coruption in the Jefferson Administration and how the U.S. Treasury was plundered. Shows how the U.S. consul in Barbary was paid - Wages & gifts to consular Turk guard--gifts to servants on taking coffee with their masters--presents to the Dey. Much More ! Of great interest are the charged accounts by Tobias Lear, as Consul General of the United States at Algiers. Genuine 4 page newspaper in Very Good Condition. Visit me at headlinesinhistory THANK YOU!