USA & HIS HIGHNESS OMAR BASHAW DEY of ALGIERS, JUNE 30 & JULY 3, 1815

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– The expulsion of American vessels from the Mediterranean during the War of 1812 by the British navy further emboldened the pirate nations in their attacks on US flagged vessels. Umar ben Muhammad, Dey of Algiers, the “Omar Bashaw” of the 1815 treaty, expelled the US consul general Tobias Lear and declared war on the United States for failing to pay its required tribute.