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Monroe, James (1758-1831) [Pardon of Patrick Neady for an unspecified felony]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00744 Author/Creator: Monroe, James (1758-1831) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 14 January 1818 Pagination: 1 p. ; 40 x 25 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Neady had been convicted in Washington in December 1817. Pardoned after the jury and the judge in the case recommended mercy.

Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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