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[Delay of execution of John Arthur Bowen].

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Bowen, an enslaved person, had been convicted of an unspecified felony in the District of Columbia in November 1835, and sentenced to be hung on 26 February 1836. Because of "divers good and...

GLC02772

[Pardon of John Arthur Bowen for felony].

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Bowen, identified as a "Negro man Slave," had been convicted of felony and sentenced to hang. He had been given two respites by President Andrew Jackson, who here pardons him completely as a fit...

GLC02773