[Orders for transport of the Amistad captives]
7 January 1840
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State. President Van Buren writes to Norris Wilcox, Marshal of the District of Connecticut. States: "The Marshal of the United States for the District of Connecticut will deliver over to Lieutenant John...
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