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- GLC#
- GLC01988
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 13 November 1787
- Author/Creator
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793
- Title
- [Massachusetts state pardon for Scripture Frost for counterfeiting coin]
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket : Height: 2 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Frost was sentenced to stand in pillory for 1 hour and to 2 years hard labor. Conditionally pardoned excepting that Frost pay a 25 Pound ($40) fine. Signed and sealed by John Hancock as governor. Written by Secretary to the Governor John Avery, Jr. Includes pieces of Continental currency.
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