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Collection Reference Number GLC04604.18
From Archive Folder Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette 
Title Isaac Mayo to John Branch regarding naval matters
Date 5 June 1830
Author Mayo, Isaac (1791-1861)  
Recipient Branch, John  
Document Type Military document; Correspondence
Content Description Written by Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus, which was off the coast of Saint Domingo, to Branch as Secretary of the Navy. Better copy of GLC04606.17. Marked "No. 2" in docket.
Subjects Military History  Navy  Caribbean  Slavery  Slave Trade  Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Pirates  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Surrender  African American History  Military Law  Maritime  
People Mayo, Isaac (1794-1861)  Branch, John (1782-1863)  
Place written Off Cape Hayti, Saint Domingo
Theme Naval & Maritime; Slavery & Abolition; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; African Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information 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.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859