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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, July 22, 1858. President Buchanan directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “the Warrant of remission of the fine imposed upon George S. Selden.” Signed prominently at the conclusion by James Buchanan. In fine condition, with some light creasing and faint toning. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “NM - MT 8.”
The defendant, “George S. Selden,” was ostensibly a lawyer from Philadelphia who had been fined for contempt of court. Per an article in The Easton Gazette from June 5, 1858: ‘Judge Irwin, of the U.S. Circuit Court at Pittsburgh his imposed a fine ot $500 on George S. Selden, a member of the bar, and ordered his name to be stricken from the roll of practicing attorneys before that tribunal, for an alleged contempt of court in relation to a decision, which it deemed offensive and insulting.’
