Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to John Morton re: slave trade
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07221 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1799/11/16 Pagination: 3 p. + docket + addr. 25.1 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy
"Put a stop to the exercise of the slave trade by our citizens. Spanish laws prohibit neutrals from trading to the main, unless they import a given number of what are called 'New Negroes,' meaning such as are immediately from Africa." Morton served as U.S. Consul in Havana. (Insect losses at edge of p. 1 affecting text.)
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