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- GLC#
- GLC00173.05-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 17 November 1854
- Author/Creator
- Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
- Title
- Pardon of Lucy Wheeler, "a negress," convicted of two counts of aggravated assault.
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 42 cm, Width: 27 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Wheeler, convicted of two counts of aggravated assault: sentenced in one case to 1 year imprisonment, and to pay a $0.50 fine and court costs; sentenced in the other to 6 months imprisonment [to be served following the first term], and to pay another $0.50 fine and court costs. Pardoned after serving out her first prison term and paying $0.50 fine. (c/s William L. Marcy)
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