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James Monroe: I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby exhorting the citizens of the United States, and…

On the recordJuly 9, 1821
I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby exhorting the citizens of the United States, and particularly those of this District, and requiring all officers, according to their respective stations, to use their utmost endeavors to apprehend and bring the principal or principals, accessary or accessaries, to the said murder to justice.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Proclamation 27—Offering Reward for the Apprehension of the Murderer of William Seaver

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