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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC05636.36 |
From Archive Folder | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny |
Title | Alanson Hamlin to William S. Holabird requesting information on the case against his client |
Date | 18 November 1835 |
Author | Hamlin, Alanson (b. 1795) |
Recipient | Holabird, William S. |
Document Type | Correspondence; Legal document |
Content Description | Hamlin writes at the request of Ransom Clark Canfield of Bridgeport, who Holabird brought a case against for penalties under the United States Revenue Laws. Discusses Canfield's position, stating that he wishes to hear if and/or when Holabird plans on having the case tried. Relates that Canfield is "confident you have been deceived by others, as to the evidence which can be adduced against him; and that you will be satisfied, when the trials are over, if not before, that the prosecutions were without cause." |
Subjects | Taxes or Taxation Finance Law Judiciary |
People | Hamlin, Alanson (b. 1795) Holabird, William S. (1794-1855) Canfield, Ransom Clark (fl. 1816-1835) |
Place written | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
Theme | Law |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Holabird was District Attorney for the State of Connecticut during the Amistad trial. Hamlin was Mayor of Bridgeport in 1838. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |