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- GLC#
- GLC01093
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- September 13, 1860
- Author/Creator
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Title
- [Pardon of Minard Granger for counterfeiting coins].
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 42.2 cm, Width: 27 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Countersigned by Secretary of State Lewis Cass. Minard Granger was convicted in October, 1853, and imprisoned in Auburn, New York. Buchanan pardoned Granger near the end of his sentence on the recommendation of his trial judge N. K. Hall. Reasons cited were that Granger gave valuable information to the marshal after his conviction and that his health had been destroyed by imprisonment. Incldues a blue paper ribbon on second page.
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