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to William S. Holabird

Ingersoll certifies that the the land of P. N. Fitzgerald and John E. Lunde is worth $2000 (writes in behalf of Gregory Anthony Perdicaris, recently appointed Consul to Athens, Greece). A letter from Perdicaris to Holabird is included on the same...

GLC05636.40

to William S. Holabird

Discusses Connecticut politics in detail, including Holabird's defeat in a recent election. Declares that the only thing that defeated Holabird was "Litchfield Hill... Dont permit any person to be nominated hereafter in your Dist untill you have...

GLC05636.41

to Theodore Sedgwick

Tappan, an abolitionist supporting the freedom of the Amistad Africans, discusses a letter from Roger Sherman Baldwin to Sedgwick. States that Mr. B. (Baldwin) requests the advice of Sedgwick and Seth Staples regarding the trial. Refers to Judge T...

GLC05799

to William S. Holabird

Discusses Connecticut politics. Believes that a man named Asa Child will again try to get his name on the Central Committee by the Democratic convention. Warns Holabird to guard against this as Child " ... is an artful fellow, and will make use of...

GLC03390.03

to William S. Holabird

Writes about Democratic party politics in Connecticut. Discusses an article that accuses the members of the Convention of "procuring their own nominations," and of "incapacity and knavery." Welles believes the article was written by Noah A. Phelps...

GLC03390.01

to William S. Holabird

Welles discusses the appointment of District Attorney for the State of Connecticut. States that Asa Child's term has expired, and "Many of our friends are decidedly opposed to his re-appointment and there are, I believe, very few in his favor... I...

GLC03390.02

to William S. Holabird

The body of the letter appears to be clerically written; the signature has been clipped and someone has written "Felix Grundy" in a different hand beneath. Grundy, Attorney General of the United States, informs Holabird, District Attorney of...

GLC05636.03

[Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony]

Created at Connecticut District Court in 7-9 January 1840 by or for William S. Holabird. Serves as notes of the testimony of Richard Robert Madden (head of the British Anti-Slavery [Mixed] Commission in Havana), Sullivan Haley (on board the USS...

GLC05636.13

[Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony]

Marked "&c Cinqué" at top. Appears to be a continuation of GLC 5636.13. Testimony of Cinqué, leader of the Africans aboard the Amistad, continues. Contains the testimonies of Grabbo and Foolaqua, Amistad mutineers. Includes the testimony of...

GLC05636.14

to William S. Holabird

Partially printed. Holabird's appointment as Attorney of the United States for the District of Connecticut. John Forsyth, Secretary of State, appoints William S. Holabird as Secretary of State for the District of Connecticut. A handwritten note by...

GLC05636.16

to William S. Holabird

Forsyth states: "It is necessary to a just decision on the various points presenting themselves for the President's consideration in the case of the Spanish Schooner 'Amistad,' that the Department should be furnished, with a copy of the ships' papers...

GLC05636.17

to William S. Holabird

Forsyth discusses the Amistad case, revealing the administration's assumptions regarding the verdict of the trial. States that the Spanish minister had applied to the State Department for the "use of a vessel of the United States in the event of the...

GLC05636.18

to William S. Holabird

Fearing that his letter of 12 January had not reached Holabird, Forsyth reiterates President Van Buren's instructions regarding the Amistad. Writes "... I have to acquaint you with the desire of the President that you take the necessary measures to...

GLC05636.19

to William S. Holabird

Writes regarding arrangements made by the Spanish Government for Antonio, the slave cabin-boy on board the Amistad, to testify at an upcoming trial in New Haven, Connecticut. Discusses the Minister's obtainment of Jose Ruiz's and Pedro Montes's...

GLC05636.20

to William S. Holabird

Encloses a letter from the Spanish minister at Washington, D.C., a translation of the letter, and the printed copy of a treaty (not included) from 1835 between Great Britain and Spain intended to enforce restriction of the slave trade. Intends for...

GLC05636.21

to William S. Holabird

Relates that the Africans' defense team requested President Martin Van Buren to instruct Holabird to present copies of the 1817 Decree of the King of Spain, the 1838 ordinance of the Queen of Spain, and the 1817 Treaty between Spain and Great Britain...

GLC05636.22

to William S. Holabird

Transmits the deposition (not included) of Henry Thompson given to H. Griffiths, Esquire, United States Commercial Agent on the Island of Mauritius. Thompson had been a crew member of the Bark Pembroke, from which he was illegally discharged.

GLC05636.23

to William S. Holabird

Year inferred from content. Discussing politics, states "You now begin to see the correctness of our distrusting legislature many years ago in so concentrating federalism that it may be all be hit at one blow... You [Hanny & McChanies?] Bank fellows...

GLC05636.38