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Jesse Duncan Elliott to Isaac Mayo regarding a naval presence in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, 15 November 1828
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Jesse Duncan Elliott to Isaac Mayo regarding a naval presence in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, 15 November 1828.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1828]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
The U.S.S. Grampus was involved in the Amistad incident in 1840. The ship was ordered by President Martin Van Buren to New Haven, Connecticut's harbor in January 1840 to smuggle the captive Africans back to the Spanish in Cuba. The ship did anchor in the harbor, but the plan was never implemented.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Summary
Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Mayo as commander of the schooner Grampus stationed off the coast of Cuba. This is a clerical copy, with clerical signature of Elliott, of general instructions to Mayo. Marked Confidential. Says future official communications should be sent to him and copies sent to the Secretary of Navy. Says the government thinks it necessary to have a naval presence in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico and has put him in charge of it. Says the Spanish blockade in the West Indies is illegal, but not to interfere without orders from him. Provides a very detailed account of the laws and treaties with Spain involving blockades. On pages 13-14 gives instructions on how to deal with the slaves brought in on illegal trade ships. Gives instructions on how to treat individual sailors. Previously bound, but pages 1-6 are separate, but still bound together, from the rest of the orders.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Correspondence
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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