Description
A letter from Amos Townsend Jr. acknowledging the receipt of Lewis Tappan's letter from November 4 containing ten dollars. Townsend inquires as to whether John Quincy Adams should see the Amistad Captives "and witness their improvement & their kind & affectionate feelings toward their friends." He suggests that if Tappan thinks it would be worthwhile, he should write to Adams. Townsend encloses a letter from Kale [not present].
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1840 11 07
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Amistad Research CenterKeywords
- America
- Amistad (Schooner)
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- History
- Slave Insurrections
- Slave Trade
- Slaver
- United States
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