Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 to William McPherson

GLC03019

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GLC#
GLC03019
Type
Letters
Date
2 July 1844
Author/Creator
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
Title
to William McPherson
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Secretary of State Calhoun asks U.S. Attorney for the District of Missouri McPherson that execution of convicted murderers John McDaniel and Joseph Brown be stayed. He adds "It is not... designed, by this interference, to create any hope of the ultimate pardon of these men, but merely that time may be allowed to examine into the credibility of [Orrin P.] Rockwell," a new witness who claimed to have received a confession from William Mason.

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