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12 Nov. 1821

Original paper slip text:12 Nov. 1821.

Dept. of State

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John Quincy Adams

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Secretary of State

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Smith Thompson

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2p.
  • LS offered for sale, The Collector, Oct.–Dec. 1957, a668.
  • a 668 ADAMS. L.S., 1p. 4to, Dept. of State, Nov. 12, 1821. To Smith Thompson, Secretary of Navy. Written when Adams was Secretary of State. Sending a presidential pardon for Thomas Bryant, seaman, who had been court martialed. The pardon was issued on condition that he leave the country on the departure of a public vessel of the U. S., and be landed "at some convenient port abroad." $20.00

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