1856 BARK SARAH ANNE AT SEA SLAVE SHIP LETTER IMPERF STAMP NEW ORLEANS LA > ME

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1856 BARK SARAH ANNE AT SEA SLAVE SHIP LETTER IMPERF STAMP NEW ORLEANS LA > ME:
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AMAZING FOLDED LETTER POSTMARKED NEW ORLEANS LA, SIGNED H.E. DRINKWATER, SENT FROM DAUGHTER TO MOTHER, TO MRS RALPH BLAISDELL IN LIVERMORE FALLS ME, HEADLINED \"BARK SARAH ANN AT SEA, WEDNESDAY DEC 10th 1856,\" I BELIEVE SENDER H.E. DRINKWATER WAS WIFE OR FAMILY MEMBER OF FREDERICK DRINKWATER WHO BOUGHT & OPERATED SLAVE SHIPS IN NEW ORLEANS AT THE TIME (Online I found this \"List of vessels transferred at Havana in 1857.

Bark Minnetonka, of NewYork, 283‘,gths tons; transferred on the 30th March toFrederickA.Drinkwater,of Portland, Maine. Cleared 3d of April, commanded by H. W. Mallery, with sea letter for Boston; 7 men ; laden with rum and stores. ----Schooner Joseph H. Record, of Newport, Rhode Island, 109§~§ths tons ; transferred 20th April to F. A.Drinkwater.Cleared May 6th, with rum and stores, under sea letter for Boston; commanded by Henry P. Williams, with 5 men. ---

Brig R. B. Lawton, of Newport, Rhode Island, 198g§ths tons ; transferred 21st April to F. A.Drinkwater.Cleared 16th May, laden with rum and stores, under sea letter for Boston ; commanded by George B. Stirling, her former mate; crew, 6 men. ----Schooner Abbott Devereux, of Savannah, 113§§ths tons; transferred 25th April to Thomas A. Myers, of Philadelphia. Cleared 9th of May, laden with rum and stores, under sea letter for Savannah; commanded by the raid Myers; crew, 4 men. ---

Brig Telegraph, of Charleston, South Carolina, 185§§ths tons; transferred 9th of July to Joseph A. Ellis, of New Orleans. Cleared 27th of July, with sea letter for Boston, under command of A. L. Baptista, a naturalized American citizen, of which he produced evidence, and resident of Baltimore; laden with rum, rice, sugar, &c.; crew, 7 men. ---

Schooner Niagara, of Wilmington, 174g§ths tons; sold 23d July to F. A.Drinkwater,who has asked for a sea letter for Boston; she is still in port. ---

Brig Braman, of New York, 185 M,ths tons ; sold 24th of July to saidDrinkwater.Cleared 18th of August, with sea letter for Boston; with cargo of rum and stores ; commanded by William Smith ; crew, 7 men, the same persons that brought her from New York.CaptainSmith was the mate of the brig previous to the transfer.Mr.FrederickA.Drinkwater,the purchaser of the Minnetoka, J. H. Record, R. B. Lawton, Niagara, and Braman, is a well-known American shipmaster from Portland ; he has been in Havana a few months ; is still here.\") --- I ALSO FOUND OLD REFERENCES TO THE BARK SARAH ANNE FROM 1840 \"Commander of The United States\'schoonerGrampus,relative to the

transfer to him of the AmericanschoonerSarahAnne,of New

Orleans, detained for having engaged in theSlaveTrade; which

vessel he purposes sending to America for trial. I have, &c.

CommanderTucker.R. L. STOLL,LieutenantCommanding.

found on board, stated that he had been wrecked in an American
pilot-boat, on the bar of the Pongos, and had applied to Don Alberto
for a passage to Havana, which had been granted him. The vessel
was aground in the creek at half-ebb when seized, which detained us
for some hours, affording plenty of time for any communication by
boat from the master or mate, but no one came, though we heard a
hailing in English from amongst the mangroves, which reached the
water\'s edge on each side of the vessel, which hailing the men of the
crew attributed to the mate.
As soon, however, as we began to warp her out, a fire of musketry
was directed upon the boats, and a second volley upon the vessel,
which a prompt return silenced.
When we had cleared the creek, the mate, Albert Slete, came on
board, and stated that he was an American; his trowsers were muddy,
and he said he had been in the mangroves, which renders it extremely
probable that he was with the party who fired on us; coupling this
circumstance with the fraud apparent on the vessel\'s papers, and her
destination, cargo, and crew having, according to the statements
of the men left on board, been falsely deposed to, even at the port of
clearance, I detained Slete, and brought the vessel to this port,
believing her to be Spanish property, but as no official Spanish papers
have been found, and the fraudful use of the American Flag in this
instance is such, as will, I feel assured, call forth the strong displea-
sure of the Government of The United States; while various Spanish
papers and instructions may, with the evidence of the detained men,
lead to the conviction of such of the persons concerned, as may prove
to be American citizens, I beg to give up to you for adjudication in
America, the vessel and her papers, in the same state as when
captured; with the persons belonging to her who have been detained.
The captain, Raymond Foritz de Pedro, who has reached this place
in a canoe, was taken, not long since, in a slave-vessel condemned

here, the particulars of which I will obtain from the Court if he can be

traced, but the use of fictitious names may defeat my purpose.
I inclose lists of all the papers found on board, and of all persons
who have belonged to the vessel, according to the testimony of the
men detained, with (such) particulars as they have stated, in order
that their future statements may be checked, should they attempt
concealment of facts; I inclose also an abstract of some particulars
from the log.
Having had the pleasure of cordial intercourse with the officers of
both the American cruizers employed in the suppression of the Slave
Trade, I may be permitted to add that, with such unanimity of feel-
ing and objects, as exists between us, and is manifested by the 2
great nations to which we have the honour and happiness to belong,
the fraudulent adoption of the American Flag will no longer avail the

foreign pirates, who attempt to sully it by falsely claiming, for purposes of a blood-stained traffic, the character and privileges of American citizens, through perjury, subornation, and heartless fraud.

I have, &c.
Lieutenant Paine. JOHN L. STOLL) -----

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