Letter from Dwight P. Janes to Lewis Tappan

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Title: Letter from Dwight P. Janes to Lewis Tappan
Author: Janes, Dwight P.
Addressee: Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Date Created: 1839-09-06
Description: A letter from Dwight P. Janes to Lewis Tappan regarding an interpreter for the Amistad Captives, including a description of the schooner La Amistad. The letter mentions a man named Owen who knew Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montes in Principe, Cuba.
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Janes, Dwight P.
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Geographical Subject(s): New York (N.Y.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0084
Extent: Letter, 4 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4599, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Finding Aid: www.amistadresearchcenter.org
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