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Document 5003 MILLARD FILLMORE The President conditionally cancels a penalty imposed on a Norwegian brig. Presidential Warrant signed: "Millard Fillmore" as 13th U.S. President, 1p, 8x6½. Washington, 1852 June 11. In full: "I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State [Daniel Webster] to affix the Seal of the United States to the conditional remission granted to C.N. Foster of the Norwegian brig Slupnar, dated this day, and signed by me and for so doing this shall be his warrant." "An Act to regulate the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels" was signed by President James K. Polk on February 22, 1847. The act provided specific regulations to safeguard passengers on merchant vessels. Between 1840 and 1860, the United States received its largest wave of immigrants to date. In Europe, famine, poor crops, rising populations and political unrest caused an estimated five million people to leave their homelands each year. To make extra money, merchant ship owners would carry passengers as well as goods. They would put as many passengers on their ships as possible. Due to overcrowding, passengers died because of lack of food, air and spreading of disease. There were fines ship owners would be required to pay for violating this law, payable "in any Circuit or District Court of the United States where such vessels may arrive, or from which she sails." A week after President Fillmore signed this document, he was denied the presidential nomination at the Whig National Convention held in Baltimore, June 17-20, 1852. Lightly creased. Light folds, vertical fold touches the "M" in Millard. Light show through from docket on verso. Lightly shaded at blank left and right margins. Lightly shaded at folds. SEE IF DOCUMENT 5003 IS FOR SALE RIGHT NOW!!
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