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- GLC#
- GLC01980
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- circa 1846
- Author/Creator
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
- Title
- Authority to affix the seal to pardon of William F. Sterling, convicted of counterfeiting.
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Sterling was convicted of passing counterfeit coin. Pardon framed with counterfeit coins and "fool's gold." One bust engraving of James K. Polk included as collateral.
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