8591. TRIPOLI, Expedition against.—[continued].
Five fine frigates have
left the Chesapeake * * * for Tripoli, which,
in addition to the force now there, will, I trust,
recover the credit which Commodore Morris's
two years' sleep lost us, and for which he has
been broke. I think they will make Tripoli
sensible, that they mistake their interest in
choosing war with us; and Tunis also, should
she have declared war as we expect, and almost
wish.—
To Philip Mazzei. Washington ed. iv, 553.
(W.
July. 1804)
