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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00043.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents relating to Presidential Pardons |
| Title | James Monroe to Thomas Rutter about pardons for Quakers |
| Date | 13 November 1816 |
| Author | Monroe, James (1758-1831) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Secretary of State Monroe asks the marshal of Maryland for details of the cases against Joseph Hollingsworth, William Ellicott Jr. and Sr., Thomas Hartley, Levi Hartley, Samuel Hartley Jr., Seneca Parry. These men were Quakers who had refused to bear arms and been arrested, and consequently petitioned for a for presidential pardon. |
| Subjects | Religion Quaker Law Pardon President Military History |
| People | Monroe, James (1758-1831) Hollingsworth, Joseph (fl. 1816) Hartley, Thomas (fl. 1816) Hartley, Levi (fl. 1816) Hartley, Samuel Jr. (fl. 1816) Parry, Seneca (fl. 1816) Avery, John (1739-1806) Sedgwick, Theodore (1746-1813) Lyman, Samuel (fl. 1816) Ellicott, William, Jr. (fl. 1816) Ellicott, William Sr. (fl. 1816) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The Presidency; Law; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |