Letter from Daniel Webster to Lewis Tappan

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Title: Letter from Daniel Webster to Lewis Tappan
Author: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Addressee: Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Date Created: 1840-05-13
Description: Daniel Webster declines to act as counsel in the Amistad Case. He states that "the Gentlemen already retained are very eminent, & I should suppose would hardly stand in need of assistance."
Genre: article
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Geographical Subject(s): Washington (D.C.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0233
Extent: Letter, 4 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4735A, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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