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- GLC#
- GLC00173.06-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- March 28, 1859
- Author/Creator
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Title
- Pardon of the Steamboat "Terror" for violations of steamboat inspection laws [fraud].
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : +blank Height: 42 cm, Width: 27 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Convicted of being in violation of steamboat inspection laws [fraud]. Pardoned because the crime was unintentional. The steamboat had been rented only as accommodation to a charitable, religious society for a trip down the Penobscot River at no cost. (c/s Lewis Cass)
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