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- GLC#
- GLC00045.06-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- December 11, 1829
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Title
- [Remission of balance of sentence of Orrin Sherman for stealing money from the U.S. Mail]
- Pagination
- 6 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Sherman's sentence was remitted upon payment of costs by President Jackson because he had shown repentance. Accompanied by a four page petition dated September 1829 with signatures, testimonials and a one page certification of Connecticut citizenship by Connecticut Governor Gideon Tomlinson, dated 31 October 1829. Name on Jackson's remission is spelled "Schearman."
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