Sullivan, Jeremiah, fl. 1858 [Affadavit regarding his imprisonment]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00722.29 Author/Creator: Sullivan, Jeremiah, fl. 1858 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 4 February 1858 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 31 x 30 cm. Order a Copy
Details events of his imprisonment on the African coast, along with Patrick Kelly and Manoel Ackmore, all sailors in the United States Navy. Affidavit relates the arrest of these three sailors after a scuffle with Portuguese soldiers and discusses their long imprisonment. States that William McBlair helped secure the sailors' release, but that Kelly died in the hospital while under arrest. Attested to and signed by McBlair.
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