N. P. TRIST. JULY 21, 1840. MR. TOLAND, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT: THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE PETITION OF CERTAIN SHIP-MASTERS, SHIP-OWNERS, AND OTHER CITIZENS, IN RELATION TO THE CONDUCT OF TRIST, CONSUL OF THE UNITED STATES AT HAVANA, REPORT: by [Trist, Nicholas]: : David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC : Specializing in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas.

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N. P. TRIST. JULY 21, 1840. MR. TOLAND, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT: THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE PETITION OF CERTAIN SHIP-MASTERS, SHIP-OWNERS, AND OTHER CITIZENS, IN RELATION TO THE CONDUCT OF TRIST, CONSUL OF THE UNITED STATES AT HAVANA, REPORT:

[Washington: 1840] 26th Cong., 1st Sess. H.Rep. No. 707. 475pp, disbound. Very Good. A voluminous catalogue of grievances against Trist. "In April 1833 he was commissioned as consul to Havana, a position he held until July 1841. Owing to conditions in Cuba and the character of American shipowners, captains, sailors, and residents in Havana, the duties of this post were heavy and often irritating. Although the consul acted with his usual industry and high regard for duty, he was accused of failure to support the rights of American citizens, of cruelty to American captains, of truckling to the Spanish authorities, and of connivance in the slave trade. An investigation made by Congress and the state department failed to sustain these charges in 1840 (see House Report 707 [this item]), although it seems to have revealed that citizens of the United States were illegally engaging in the negro traffic." DAB. XVIII DAB 646.

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