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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Decatur made peace with the Barbary States, ratified by Bainbridge, demonstrating naval power to enforce compliance and end piracy. The Algerine Treasury paid money, a novel entry in their books.
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Both Decatur and Bainbridge appear to be excellent missionaries in " converting the Heathen, " —if not from infidelity to Christianity, at least from piracy to peace.—ib.
It must have occasioned some embarrassment at the Algerine Treasury when Decatur appeared off the place and made his demands.— Money paid to a foreign power, was a new form of entry in their books. and the clerks of the office must have been as much surprised as if they had been compelled to write Arabic with their reeds from left to right.
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Barbary States
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peace made and ratified; barbary states compelled to observe good faith; money paid to the united states by the algerine treasury.
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Decatur made peace with the Barbary States and Bainbridge ratified it by showing them 74 good reasons besides smaller ones to behave and observe good faith, which they immediately acknowledged. They converted the Barbary States from piracy to peace. Decatur appeared off Algiers and made demands, causing embarrassment at the treasury as money paid to a foreign power was a new entry in their books.