A letter from William Anderson introducing himself and reporting that soon after the capture of the Amistad "a gentleman made known to me that he had information sufficient to procure the freedom of the Captives & this information was imported to him by no less personages, than the Spaniards Ruiz & Montes...who had made a confidant of this gentlemen." He explains that this man was employed to write the Spaniards' card of thanks to the officers of the U.S. Brig Washington, which was published in the New London Gazette. The man happened to be John [Jay] Hyde, editor of the Gazette and if his expenses were paid to Washington, he would provide testimony that would perjure Ruiz and Montes. Anderson writes that Hyde is not an abolitionist, which may account for his "backwardness heretofore" and goes on to mention that he has informed George Wilson, a New London abolitionist, who has written to John Quincy Adams and himself and offers his services to Lewis Tappan.