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United States vs Jason L. Pendleton, 1840, 1844-1846

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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
Contributor:	Robertson, James
Century:	1801-1900
Place of origin – Continent:	South America
Place of origin – Continent:	North America
Place of origin – Country:	Federative Republic of Brazil
Place of origin – Country:	United States of America
Place of origin – Region:	Maryland
Place of origin – Region:	Baltimore
Temporal subject:	1801-1900
Genre:	Law & legal affairs
ArchivesUM location:	Preston Family papers series 5 box 8 folder 31 accession 72-12
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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