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Chester Alan Arthur pardon

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Identifier: MSS SC 2036

Scope and Contents

Handwritten pardon issued by the office of the president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886) and signed by him. The item pardons John J. Kelly of Utah for crimes of "bigamy or polygamy and unlawful cohabitation."

Dates: 1884

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Names: Kelly, John J. X
Subject: Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History X
Subject: Utah X

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