In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand.
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Done at the city of Washington, the 30th day of July, A.D. 1807, and in the thirty-second year of the Independence of the United States.
TH. JEFFERSON.
By the President:
JAMES MADISON,
Secretary of State.
[From the National Intelligencer, October 19, 1807.]
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas information has been received that a number of individuals who have deserted from the Army of the United States and sought shelter without the jurisdiction thereof have become sensible of their offense and are desirous of returning to their duty, a full pardon is hereby proclaimed to each and all of such individuals as shall within four months from the date hereof surrender themselves to the commanding officer of any military post within the United States or the Territories thereof.
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