Letter from Charles Hooker to Lewis Tappan

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Charles Hooker reports that the "health and comfort of the Africans have been subjects of my attention ever since they were committed to my medical care." Due to complaints about clothing for the Amistad Captives, the Marshal has requested a statement from Dr. Hooker. Hooker reports that "at present they are comfortably supplied" and admits that there have been three cases of sickness among the Captives, but fails to attribute those to exposure.

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Title: Letter from Charles Hooker to Lewis Tappan
Author: Hooker, Charles, 1799-1863
Addressee: Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Date Created: 1839-11-18
Description: Charles Hooker reports that the "health and comfort of the Africans have been subjects of my attention ever since they were committed to my medical care." Due to complaints about clothing for the Amistad Captives, the Marshal has requested a statement from Dr. Hooker. Hooker reports that "at present they are comfortably supplied" and admits that there have been three cases of sickness among the Captives, but fails to attribute those to exposure.
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Hooker, Charles, 1799-1863
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Geographical Subject(s): New Haven (Ct.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0199
Extent: Letter, 2 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4680, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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