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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fugitive Extradition Request Document Signed as New York Governor.
-February 5, 1932. Albany, New York. One page. 11" x 18". Partly-printed, completed in manuscript, 2.5" diameter gold state seal affixed.
-To: the Governor of Texas.
-Original horizontal folds, one affecting seal, uneven toning affecting signatures, file holes at top, else about fine.

A document issued for a New York fugitive in Texas. In part, "...It appears by the papers required by the Statutes of the United States which are hereunto annexed, and which I certify to be authentic and duly authenticated in accordance with the Laws of this State, that/ Thomas McClure/ stands charged with the crime of Abandonment of Children which I certify to be crime under the Laws of this State, committed in the County of Kings, in this State, and it having been represented to me that, he has fled from the justice of this State, and may have taken refuge in the State of Texas./ Now Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and the Laws of the United States in such case made and provided, I do hereby require that the said/ Thomas McClure/ be apprehended and delivered to Wilbur J. Kennedy who is hereby authorized to receive and convey him to the State of New York, there to be dealt with according to Law..." Also signed by Samuel Rosenman as Counsel to the Governor. A large and impressive document for display.


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