Grand Jury The Grand Jury finds the following fact
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05636.06 Author/Creator: Grand Jury Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Manuscript document Date: 20 September 1839 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25.1 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy
Relates details pertaining to the sailing of the Amistad, the mutiny of the captives on board, and the ship's subsequent capture near the coast of New York. Mentions Lieutenant Thomas R. Gedney, commander of the brig Washington and other persons involved in the case.
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