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Monroe, James, 1758-1831 to Thomas Rutter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00043.06 Author/Creator: Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: November 13, 1816 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

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 bear arms and been arrested, and consequently petitioned for a presidential pardon.

Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Hollingsworth, Joseph, fl. 1816
Hartley, Thomas, fl. 1816
Hartley, Levi
Hartley, Samuel, Jr., fl. 1816
Parry, Seneca, fl. 1877
Ellicott, William, Jr., fl. 1816
Ellicott, William, Sr., fl. 1816
Avery, John, fl. 1816
Sedgwick, Theodore, fl. 1816
Lyman, Samuel, fl. 1816

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