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Andrew T. Judson to William S. Holabird suggesting a previous case that might offer precedent for the Amistad one, 10 November 1839
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Andrew T. Judson to William S. Holabird suggesting a previous case that might offer precedent for the Amistad one, 10 November 1839.
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Holabird served as U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut 1834-1841.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Judson, who presided over the district (and circuit) court proceedings of the Amistad, informs Holabird that he has not yet heard from President Martin Van Buren or Secretary of State John Forsyth regarding the case. Suggests Holabird review a similar case, 10th Wheaten 133. The Plattsburgh. Writes That is a Late case, long since the Spanish Decree of 1817, and yet it turns wholly on the question of fitting out in the U. S. or Cuba. If in the U. S. she was rightfully condemned but if in Spain a restoration is the admitted course. Such seems to me to be the argument in that case...
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American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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English
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March 18, 2024
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American history module 1
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Correspondence
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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