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[margin left]Vol 24
[top right] Page 59 Document No 846
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On Her Majesty's Service
J. H. [?] Norris
[postmarked]
Paid
3 FE[B] 3
1840
The Revd M Thomas
Baptist Minister
Abergavenny
Secretary of
States Office }
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Whitehall
1 February 1840
Sir, I have laid before The Queen
your application on behalf of John Frost,
Zephaniah Williams and William Jones,
under Sentence of Death for High Treason;
and having Considered the Special Circumstances
of the Case of each of these prisoners,
with reference to the proceedings which
have taken place since their trials, I
have deemed it advisable to recommend
to Her Majesty to extend the Royal
Mercy to the said prisoners on Condition of
Transportation for Life: - and Her
Majesty has been Graciously pl/e/ased
to extend Her Mercy to them
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Revd M. Thomas
Baptist Minister}
Abergavenny}
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on that Condition.
I am
Sir
Your Most Obedient Servant
Normanby
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