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Collection Reference Number GLC08073
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1827 
Title Pardon of Joshua C. Bigley for violating the act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls
Date 4 August 1827
Author Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)  
Additional authors Clay, Henry (1777-1852)
Document Type Legal document; Government document
Content Description Countersigned by Secretary of State Henry Clay. Bigley was convicted in Rhode Island. Pardoned by President Adams due to certain circumstances in the case. He must still, however, pay the court costs involved.
Subjects President  Pardon  Government and Civics  Law  Diplomacy  
People Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)  Clay, Henry (1777-1852)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The Presidency; Government & Politics; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859