A Guide to the M.W. de Bree Letter, January 29, 1820 de Bree, M.W., Letter, January 20, 1820 10930

A Guide to the M.W. de Bree Letter, January 29, 1820

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Accession Number 10930

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Accession number

10930

Title

M.W. de Bree Letter January 29, 1820

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of one letter.

Language

English

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Preferred Citation

M.W. de Bree Letter, 1820, Accession # 10930, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This letter was purchased by the Library from The Autograph Alcove of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, on March 26, 1990.

Scope and Content Information

In this letter, January 29, 1820, M.W. de Bree, Norfolk, writes to her father-in-law John B. de Bree, Philadelphia, expressing concern for the safety of her husband who is aboard the U.S.S. Peacock and relating a story of a slave insurrection upon a ship bound for New Orleans described to her by a friend, Henry Blanchard. Blanchard's ship had carried thirty slaves who had planned while in jail to murder all passengers and crew aboard the ship except for two members of the crew to steer the vessel to St. Domingo. The plot failed because the slaves confided their plans to a female servant of Mrs. Blanchard who informed the passengers. The slaves were placed in irons before they could carry out their plan.