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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Pardon of Daniel Brown, convicted of counterfeiting.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00043.15 Author/Creator: Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: April 5, 1851 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 2 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy

Convicted of passing counterfeit coin; sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Pardoned for "...divers other good and suffiecient reasons...". (c/s W.S. Derrick)

Derrick, W.S., fl. 1850
Brown, Daniel, fl. 1851
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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