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Pardon of J. P. Shonebraker, convicted of robbing a mail coach.

Convicted of robbing a mail coach and its passengers; sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. Pardoned after serving 3 years and 6 months of his prison term due to his frank confession of the crime and his returning of the stolen property, and because of...

GLC00230.01

President Cleveland and cabinet

One photograph of President Cleveland and cabinet dated 1889. Photograph was taken by C.M. Bell and features; Grover Cleveland, Charles S. Fairchild, Thomas F. Bayard, William C. Whitney, William C. Endicott, A.H. Garland, Don M. Dickinson, and...

GLC08878.2034

[Portraits of Notable People]

One untitled engraving circa 1861-1877. Portraits of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Samuel Jackson Randall, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Thomas F. Bayard, James Burnie Beck, Augustus Garland, and Benjamin Harvey Hill. Engraved by William...

GLC08878.0111

The Philadelphia record no. 9662 [end of Spanish-American war]

One newspaper issue of The Philadelphia record, dated August 13, 1898. Prints news of the end of the Spanish-American War, with the halting of hostilities on August 12, 1898 and a signing in Washington of a Protocol of Peace between the United States...

GLC08832