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Monroe, James (1758-1831) [Pardon of Enoch Spaulding for breach of the peace]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00045.04 Author/Creator: Monroe, James (1758-1831) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 23 May 1818 Pagination: 2 p. ; 33 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Pardoned from paying fine and court costs and freed from imprisonment due to his poverty and his family's dependence upon him.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Spaulding, Enoch, fl. 1818

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