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1816/03/19
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
to Robert Patterson
Signed as Secretary of State to the Director of the Mint, Patterson. The Mint, in Philadelphia, was being repaired. It was unaffected by the British invasion of Washington.
GLC02002
20 November 1816
Madison, James (1751-1836)
[Presidential pardon of a group of Quakers for refusing to bear arms in militia].
Countersigned by Secretary of State James Monroe. Intended for Joseph Hollingsworth, William Ellicott Jr. and Sr., Thomas Hartley, Levi Hartley, Samuel Hartley Jr., and Seneca Parry, who were arrested in Maryland. Partially filled out.
GLC00043.02
13 November 1816
to Thomas Rutter
Secretary of State Monroe asks the marshal of Maryland for details of the cases against Joseph Hollingsworth, William Ellicott Jr. and Sr., Thomas Hartley, Levi Hartley, Samuel Hartley Jr., Seneca Parry. These men were Quakers who had refused to...
GLC00043.06
[Transmittal letter for blank pardon form].
Possibly for a group of Quakers arrested for refusing to bear arms. Writing as secretary of state.
GLC00043.07
7 December 1816
Urges U.S. Marshall Rutter to promptly list the names of the customs officers who must appear as trial witnesses in Richmond in the case of the Brig Romp.
GLC00043.08
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