Manuscripts
Order for penalty for importing an enslaved person into the United States
- Description
Autograph document signed (form, filled in). Signed by Martin Van Buren. Authorization to Secretary of State of penalty to Monroe Edwards for bringing an enslaved person into the U.S., Port of New Orleans, from a foreign country. (1 page)
- Date
- 1839 February 21
- Call number
- mssShapiro
- Provenance
- On deposit from L. Dennis and Susan R. Shapiro, December 2019, September 2020, and January 2021.
- Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, January 2022.
- Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, February 2022.
- Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, January 2023.
- Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, December 2024.
- Restrictions
- RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
