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- GLC#
- GLC00045.38-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- December 22, 1903
- Author/Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Title
- [Presidential pardon of James Clark, who was convicted of larceny]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket : Height: 41 cm, Width: 27 cm
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- The Politics of Reform
Clark, alias W. Perry Martin of Texas, was pardoned by Roosevelt six years after he completed his sentence for stealing a horse, in order to restore his civil rights since he had "conducted himself in an exemplary manner." Partially handwritten. Countersigned by Acting Attorney General Henry M. Hoyt. With transmittal document and envelope.
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