This is to confirm that the Amistad article is on p. 115 of the December
issue of The Smithsonian. Also contains some very colorful illustrations.
Linda Gingrich
e-mail: lgingric@johnco.cc.ks.us
On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Linda K Gingrich wrote:
> See also the December issue of The Smithsonian which has a feature
> article about the trial. Come to think of it, it might actually be a
> January issue...I just received it a few days ago and you know how
> magazines are dated so far ahead of receipt.
>
> Linda Gingrich
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>
> On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 Yale_Lansky@ca1.uscourts.gov wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________
> > Subject: Amistad the movie and the case
> > Author: Yale Lansky at BOS010APO
> > Date: 12/4/97 2:44 PM
> >
> >
> > I just assisted a patron who was looking for the case that is the
> > basis of a new Steven Spielberg movie called Amistad. Apparantly there
> > is a lot of controversy over the movie and people may be looking for
> > the case. (it was argued by John Quincy Adams in 1841.) The cite is:
> > 40 US 518 (15 Peters 518) 1841.
> >
> >
> > Yale Lansky
> > US Court of Appeals Library for the First Circuit
> >
>
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