Amistad Library - Personal Documents The Library holds a selection of personal papers -- of diaries and private letters -- that take up the subject of the Amistad. Noteworthy documents here include: The diaries kept by John Quincy Adams Several letters written by the Africans to Adams Entries from a diary kept by a New Yorker, Philip Hone, commenting on the story as it first broke in the metropolis (August 31, 1839), and then again several months later after Ruiz and Montes were arrested (October 22, 1839). To see the entire collection of personal papers: Use Document Frames (recommended) To track coverage along the twists and turns of the case, open the Amistad Timeline.

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