Letter : Washington, D.C., to Philip R. Fendall, Washington, D.C., 1842 Aug. 27.

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Letter : Washington, D.C., to Philip R. Fendall, Washington, D.C., 1842 Aug. 27.

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Letter signed. Indicates that the case of Walter Chew and Harrison Taylor's petition is referred to the State Department by the President. The President also recommends that "[a] nolle prosequi [be] entered, but [that] the prosecution [be] ordered to be revived if the slaves [are] found in the District within the next two years."

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