United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1840) Spanish schooner L'Amistad (to be annexed to Doc. 185).
Order a pdf of this item here.
Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05795.02 Author/Creator: United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1840) Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 2 July 1840 Pagination: 1 v. : 6 p. ; 22.7 x 14.1 cm. Order a Copy
To be annexed to GLC05795.01. Contains correspondence between Pedro Alcantara de Argaiz, Spanish minister at Washington, D.C., and John Forsyth, Secretary of State. Contains Spanish and English versions. In a letter to Forsyth, Argaiz writes "Under the circumstances herein set forth, the undersigned, minister of her Catholic Majesty, finds himself under the disagreeable necessity of protesting fully and with all necessary energy, against the order issued for the imprisonment of Don Jose Ruiz and Don Pedro Montes, and he asks the Executive Power of the Union to use all the means which it derives from the laws, most especially from the law of habeas corpus, and thus direct the said Spaniards to be liberated..."
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.