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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06593.09 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1841 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 14.2 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

"Resolved, That we hail with joy... the prompt refusal of the British authorities of Nassau, to deliver up at the instance of the American consul, to the United States, the 19 [inserted: colored men] who took an active part in the struggle [inserted: on board the Brig Creole]..." Written in ink with graphite insertions. Circa date based on the 1841 mutiny on board the Creole. Location based on GLC06593.10.

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