United States vs Jason L. Pendleton, 1840, 1844-1846
Summary: | Letters relating to the case of United States vs. Jason L. Pendleton, Captain of the Brig Montevideo, for involvement in the slave trade. Records include: letter from James Birckhead in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to John Glenn in Baltimore, Maryland, dated July 21, 1840; three letters from Alexander Riddell in Rio de Janeiro to Jason L. Pendleton aboard the Montevideo, dated June 25, 1844, July 5, 1844, and August 1, 1844; certificate in Portuguese signed by US Vice-Consul Domingos Rodrigues Souto, Jason L. Pendleton, Robert Baker, and James Robertson, dated June 1844; two letters from Robert Baker in Baltimore Jail to the President of the United States, dated December 18 and 21, 1845; copy of docket entries from trial in District Court of Maryland, dated June 1845 and signed by Thomas Spiers; Letter to William P. Preston from Jason L. Pendleton from Baltimore Prison, dated June 28, 1846. |
Creator: | Pendleton, Jason L. |
Birckhead, James | |
Riddell, Alexander | |
Baker, Robert | |
Spiers, Thomas | |
Contributor: | Souto, Domingos Rodgrigues |
Robertson, James | |
Century: | 1801-1900 |
Place of origin – Continent: | South America |
North America | |
Place of origin – Country: | Federative Republic of Brazil |
United States of America | |
Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
Baltimore | |
Temporal subject: | 1801-1900 |
Genre: | Law & legal affairs |
ArchivesUM location: | Preston Family papers
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Repository: | Historical Manuscripts |
Browse terms: | Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor |
Education | |
Government, Law, Politics | |
Personal and Family Lives | |
Religion | |
War, Military | |
Women's Studies | |
Copyright holder: | Public domain |
Collection: | Digital Collections |
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