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Baltimore on Tuesday Evening the 1st of October, 1782, will be presented the Tragedy of Mahomet, the Impostor,” Broadside, New-York Historical Society, #Y1782. The broadside for October 15, 1782, is also at the New-York Historical Society.
119. Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 45.
120. Battistini, “Glimpses of the Other,” 447. There were 130 American captives by 1793; see Richard B. Parker,
Uncle Sam in Barbary: A Diplomatic History
(Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004), 208.
121. Bubonic and pneumonic plague outbreaks were common in eighteenth-century North Africa; see H. G. Barnby,
The Prisoners of Algiers: An Account of the Forgotten American-Algerian War, 1785–1787
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1966), 86.
122. G. Thomas Tanselle,
Royall Tyler
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967), 141.
123. Hunter Miller, ed.,
Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America
, 8 vols. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931), 2:185–227, 275–317, 329–425.
124. Tanselle,
Royall Tyler
, 10–12.
125. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 1:166. The novel has been carefully read as a reflection of American ideals regarding slavery by Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 94–95, and as depiction of a despotic Islam and a liberty-loving United States by Marr,
Cultural Roots
, 55–58. Race is more emphasized by Johar Schueller,
U.S. Orientalisms
, 50–58; see also Reynolds,
Faith in Fiction
, 15–20.
126. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 1:184, 186 (quote).
127. Ibid., 1:187.
128. Ibid., 1:185; Marr,
Cultural Roots
, 55.
129. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:27.
130. Ibid., 2:6; Johar Schueller,
U.S. Orientalisms
, 56; Marr,
Cultural Roots
, 56.
131. Tanselle,
Royall
, 168–69.
132. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:19, 20–21 (quote).
133. Ibid., 2:24–27, 28–30.
134. Ray W. Irwin,
The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with the Barbary Powers, 1776–1816
(New York: Russell and Russell, 1931), 204.
135. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:33.
136. Ibid., 2:38–39.
137. Ibid., 2:42; Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 94; Jill Lepore, “Prior Convictions: Did the Founders Want Us to Be Faithful to Their Faith?”
New Yorker
, April 14, 2008, 71. Thanks to Neil Kamil for this reference.
138. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:42–43.
139. Ibid., 2:43. The assertion about the Bible as other than divine in origin seems to reflect a Deist position.
140. Ibid., 2:44.
141. Ibid., 2:46.
142. Ibid., 2:46–49
.
143. Ibid., 1:8.
144. Ibid., 2:50; Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 50.
145. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:50.
146. Ibid., 2:52.
147. Ibid., 2:143.
148. Ibid., 2:53.
149. Ibid.
150. Ibid., 2:56.
151. Tanselle,
Royall
, 6.
152. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:70, 72.
153. Ibid., 2:132–33; Tanselle,
Royall
, 172–73.
154. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:167.
155. Ibid., 2:168.
156. Ibid., 2:177–88.
157. Ibid., 2:187, 216–21.
158. Ibid., 2:221–23.
159. Ibid., 2:120–30.
160. Ibid., 2:129.
161. Tanselle,
Royall
, 172; Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 94; Marr,
Cultural Roots
, 58; Reynolds,
Faith in Fiction
, 16; Lepore, “Prior Convictions,” 74.
162. Quoted in Tanselle,
Royall
, 268 n. 29.
163. “Infidel,”
Oxford English Dictionary
, 5:260.
164. Reynolds,
Faith in Fiction
, 17.
165. Quoted ibid.
166. Ibid., 17–18; Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 94–96.
167. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:145.
2. POSITIVE EUROPEAN PRECEDENTS FOR THE TOLERATION OF MUSLIMS, AND THEIR PRESENCE IN COLONIAL AMERICA, 1554–1706
1. Quoted in Carlo Ginzburg,
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
, trans. John and Anne C. Tedeschi (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992), 9–10.
2. Ginzburg first observed this religious equality; see ibid., 92.
3. Quoted ibid., 92–93. For a study of Spain, Portugal, and their transatlantic empires as sites for the Inquisition’s charge of the heresy of Origen, as inspired by Carlo Ginzburg, see Stuart B. Schwartz,
All
119. Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 45.
120. Battistini, “Glimpses of the Other,” 447. There were 130 American captives by 1793; see Richard B. Parker,
Uncle Sam in Barbary: A Diplomatic History
(Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004), 208.
121. Bubonic and pneumonic plague outbreaks were common in eighteenth-century North Africa; see H. G. Barnby,
The Prisoners of Algiers: An Account of the Forgotten American-Algerian War, 1785–1787
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1966), 86.
122. G. Thomas Tanselle,
Royall Tyler
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967), 141.
123. Hunter Miller, ed.,
Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America
, 8 vols. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931), 2:185–227, 275–317, 329–425.
124. Tanselle,
Royall Tyler
, 10–12.
125. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 1:166. The novel has been carefully read as a reflection of American ideals regarding slavery by Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 94–95, and as depiction of a despotic Islam and a liberty-loving United States by Marr,
Cultural Roots
, 55–58. Race is more emphasized by Johar Schueller,
U.S. Orientalisms
, 50–58; see also Reynolds,
Faith in Fiction
, 15–20.
126. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 1:184, 186 (quote).
127. Ibid., 1:187.
128. Ibid., 1:185; Marr,
Cultural Roots
, 55.
129. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:27.
130. Ibid., 2:6; Johar Schueller,
U.S. Orientalisms
, 56; Marr,
Cultural Roots
, 56.
131. Tanselle,
Royall
, 168–69.
132. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:19, 20–21 (quote).
133. Ibid., 2:24–27, 28–30.
134. Ray W. Irwin,
The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with the Barbary Powers, 1776–1816
(New York: Russell and Russell, 1931), 204.
135. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:33.
136. Ibid., 2:38–39.
137. Ibid., 2:42; Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 94; Jill Lepore, “Prior Convictions: Did the Founders Want Us to Be Faithful to Their Faith?”
New Yorker
, April 14, 2008, 71. Thanks to Neil Kamil for this reference.
138. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:42–43.
139. Ibid., 2:43. The assertion about the Bible as other than divine in origin seems to reflect a Deist position.
140. Ibid., 2:44.
141. Ibid., 2:46.
142. Ibid., 2:46–49
.
143. Ibid., 1:8.
144. Ibid., 2:50; Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 50.
145. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:50.
146. Ibid., 2:52.
147. Ibid., 2:143.
148. Ibid., 2:53.
149. Ibid.
150. Ibid., 2:56.
151. Tanselle,
Royall
, 6.
152. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:70, 72.
153. Ibid., 2:132–33; Tanselle,
Royall
, 172–73.
154. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:167.
155. Ibid., 2:168.
156. Ibid., 2:177–88.
157. Ibid., 2:187, 216–21.
158. Ibid., 2:221–23.
159. Ibid., 2:120–30.
160. Ibid., 2:129.
161. Tanselle,
Royall
, 172; Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 94; Marr,
Cultural Roots
, 58; Reynolds,
Faith in Fiction
, 16; Lepore, “Prior Convictions,” 74.
162. Quoted in Tanselle,
Royall
, 268 n. 29.
163. “Infidel,”
Oxford English Dictionary
, 5:260.
164. Reynolds,
Faith in Fiction
, 17.
165. Quoted ibid.
166. Ibid., 17–18; Allison,
Crescent Obscured
, 94–96.
167. Tyler,
Algerine Captive
, 2:145.
2. POSITIVE EUROPEAN PRECEDENTS FOR THE TOLERATION OF MUSLIMS, AND THEIR PRESENCE IN COLONIAL AMERICA, 1554–1706
1. Quoted in Carlo Ginzburg,
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
, trans. John and Anne C. Tedeschi (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992), 9–10.
2. Ginzburg first observed this religious equality; see ibid., 92.
3. Quoted ibid., 92–93. For a study of Spain, Portugal, and their transatlantic empires as sites for the Inquisition’s charge of the heresy of Origen, as inspired by Carlo Ginzburg, see Stuart B. Schwartz,
All
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