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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 [Pardon of Joseph Richmond for embezzlement]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00043.10 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: October 30, 1835 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 37 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Deputy postmaster of Middletown, Maryland, Richmond was convicted of embezzling the U.S. Mail in November 1834 and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Richmond, young and of previous good character, was pardoned after recommendation by one of the judges at his trial, Elias Glenn, and Baltimore prison warden, Joseph Owens.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Forsyth, John, 1780-1841
Richmond, Joseph, fl. 1835

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