Letter from Amos Townsend Jr. to Simeon S. Jocelyn and Joshua Leavitt

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A letter from Amos Townsend regarding a meeting with Roger Baldwin and John T. Norton on the topic of Baldwin's engagement as a lawyer for the Amistad Captives and Baldwin's initial opinion on a writ of habeas corpus. Amos Townsend mentions a letter from a lawyer named, E.W. Chester, regarding legal points that will arise in the Amistad case and suggests not involving "the Antislavery Society" in the case in order not to diminish sympathy for the Amistad Captives.

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Title: Letter from Amos Townsend Jr. to Simeon S. Jocelyn and Joshua Leavitt
Author: Townsend, Amos Jr.
Addressee: Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Date Created: 1839-09-06
Description: A letter from Amos Townsend regarding a meeting with Roger Baldwin and John T. Norton on the topic of Baldwin's engagement as a lawyer for the Amistad Captives and Baldwin's initial opinion on a writ of habeas corpus. Amos Townsend mentions a letter from a lawyer named, E.W. Chester, regarding legal points that will arise in the Amistad case and suggests not involving "the Antislavery Society" in the case in order not to diminish sympathy for the Amistad Captives.
Genre: article
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Townsend, Amos Jr.
Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Geographical Subject(s): New Haven (Ct.)
New York (N.Y.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0087
Extent: Letter, 4 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4602, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Finding Aid: www.amistadresearchcenter.org
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