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- GLC#
- GLC05636.11-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- November 1839
- Title
- [Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Possibly given at Connecticut District Court in November 1839. Marked "U.S." at the top. Begins with the testimony of Lieutenant Richard W. Meade, who led an armed party that initially boarded the Amistad, requesting the ship's papers. Includes the testimony of Baldwin, Dart Sharp (on board the USS Washington when it came in contact with the Amistad), and Captain Mather (who "went with Mead made soundings & c.").
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