488-0144-06.tif
English translation of Spanish document: Letter, Nicholas Maria Vidal, New Orleans, to Governor Claiborne, objecting to haste and lack of attention to formalities in the process against Samuel Mason and his accomplices, resulting in the failure to discover additional crimes and accomplices; names and describes the principal accomplices; describes material evidence; cites the accused's American citizenship, the United States as the location of their criminal activity, and the probability that their victims were Americans; therefore the accused to be turned over to the Governor at Natchez with assurance of Spanish cooperation, the expenses incurred to be secured by banknotes found with the robbers.
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English translation of Spanish document: Letter, Nicholas Maria Vidal, New Orleans, to Governor Claiborne, objecting to haste and lack of attention to formalities in the process against Samuel Mason and his accomplices, resulting in the failure to discover additional crimes and accomplices; names and describes the principal accomplices; describes material evidence; cites the accused's American citizenship, the United States as the location of their criminal activity, and the probability that their victims were Americans; therefore the accused to be turned over to the Governor at Natchez with assurance of Spanish cooperation, the expenses incurred to be secured by banknotes found with the robbers.
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- Doc Number: 144
- Administration: William C. Claiborne
- Date(s): 1803-03-03
- Description: English translation of Spanish document: Letter, Nicholas Maria Vidal, New Orleans, to Governor Claiborne, objecting to haste and lack of attention to formalities in the process against Samuel Mason and his accomplices, resulting in the failure to discover additional crimes and accomplices; names and describes the principal accomplices; describes material evidence; cites the accused's American citizenship, the United States as the location of their criminal activity, and the probability that their victims were Americans; therefore the accused to be turned over to the Governor at Natchez with assurance of Spanish cooperation, the expenses incurred to be secured by banknotes found with the robbers.
- Call Number: Series 0488
- Filename: 488-0144-06.tif