Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 [Pardon of Joseph Richmond for embezzlement]

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GLC00043.10
GLC#
GLC00043.10-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
October 30, 1835
Author/Creator
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Title
[Pardon of Joseph Richmond for embezzlement]
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 37 cm, Width: 25 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Deputy postmaster of Middletown, Maryland, Richmond was convicted of embezzling the U.S. Mail in November 1834 and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Richmond, young and of previous good character, was pardoned after recommendation by one of the judges at his trial, Elias Glenn, and Baltimore prison warden, Joseph Owens.

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