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Comandancia de matriculas [In Spanish]

Relates Selestino [Celestino] is the property of José Ramon Ferrer and will attend his master for the duration of the voyage aboard the Amistad.

GLC05636.42

Administracion General De Rentas Reales Marítimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Don Pedro Montes including silk, onions, and cologne.

GLC05636.43

Administracion general de rentas reales maritimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad destined for Guanaja (a bay island of Honduras in the Caribbean). Lists items to be shipped for Don Estrada. Numbered "2" on verso.

GLC05636.44

Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad destined for Guanaja (a bay island of Honduras in the Caribbean). Lists items to be shipped for Don Alejandro Bartia. Numbered "3" on verso.

GLC05636.45

Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad destined for Guanaja (a bay island of Honduras in the Caribbean). Lists items to be shipped for Don Ramon Ferrer including ham. Numbered "4" on verso.

GLC05636.46

Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad destined for la Guanaja (a bay island of Honduras in the Caribbean). Lists items to be shipped for Don Ramon Ferrer including noodles. Numbered "5" on verso.

GLC05636.47

Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Don [illegible] including iron and copper. Numbered "6" on verso.

GLC05636.48

Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad la Guanaja (a bay island of Honduras in the Caribbean). Lists items to be shipped for Don José de Armas including books. Numbered "7" on verso.

GLC05636.49

Administracion general de rentas reales marítimas [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Forrcusets [?] [The "D" for Don has been struck], including rolls of wire and bottles of essence. Numbered "8" on verso.

GLC05636.50

to Owen Horsfall

Discusses becoming a vegetarian. Thinks " the race hatred will be a long time dying out." Reports the Quartermaster wants to install "central heating, electric lighting, and water distributing system." Congratulates Owen on the 9th Ward's Sunday...

GLC05245.45

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading issued at Havana. Lists items to be shipped for Don Ramon [Berness?]. Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja.

GLC05636.51

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading issued at Havana. Lists items to be shipped for Don Jose [Arrt?] Fellenir. Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja.

GLC05636.52

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Arne and Laca (the printed "D," signifying "Don," has been crossed out). Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja.

GLC05636.53

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Don Jose Valls. Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja.

GLC05636.54

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Don Ramon [Berness?]. Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja.

GLC05636.55

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Don Luis Cerruda. Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja.

GLC05636.56

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Don F. de Sandoval. Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja. States "por [by] Carpineti Carranera" at the bottom of the page.

GLC05636.57

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Don Saturnio Carrias. Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja. States "por [by] Carpineti Carranera" at the bottom of the page.

GLC05636.58

[Official document citing goods on board the Amistad] [In Spanish]

Partially printed. Bill of lading for the schooner Amistad. Lists items to be shipped for Don Ramon [Berness?]. Cites the Amistad's destination as Guanaja.

GLC05636.59

to Aaron Hobart

Discusses disagreements in Congress over his positions at a time when, in his capacity as congressman, he was opposing patronage policies and the proposed "Gag Rule." Comments that "It was unfortunate for Mr. [Daniel] Webster that in the position...

GLC06313.01

to Aaron Hobart

Thanks Hobart for a letter and his approval of one of Webster's speeches. Comments: "If we cannot subdue, or restrain, this fanatical abolition Spirits, I know not how we shall get along, without great trouble, or be able to carry on the Govt."...

GLC06313.02

to Aaron Hobart

Briefly reports the passage of the Missouri Compromise: "The question, so long debated in Congress of excluding slavery from our territories is settled, by the passage of a bill...which excludes slavery forever, from the whole of the American...

GLC06313.03

to Nancy E. Jones

He was detailed as a Provo guard and sent to protect the Roberts, a slaveholding Confederate family, from being robbed. The women there do no work and he credits their intelligence to the luxury of time to study. He has a room to himself but has...

GLC02739.103

Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican Party. . .

Title continues "Delivered in the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27th, 1860, issued by the Young Men's Republican Union (659 Broadway, New York) with notes by Charles C. Nott & Cephas Brainerd." Signed by Nott and Brainerd on title page. Printed by George...

GLC04471.03

Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation

Depicts a menacing-looking Lincoln slumping in his chair writing the Emancipation Proclamation with his left foot sitting on top of a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Demon imagery is found throughout. The Statue of Liberty's head is covered by Lincoln...

GLC00493.03