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unclear 17 May 1815. My dear General, An indictmt. has been found agt Mr. Lampkin for embezzling and concerting to his own use the monies, Bills etc., of the Bank, to the Amt. of upon unclear of eight Thousand dollars-- an unsuccessful motion has been made to quash the indictmt. and his trial will be fixed for an early day next week, say Tuesday in all probability. Davis unclear and myself, have addressed the Governor, craving from him a pardon, to avoid the distressing, extremely delicate, and deplorable occurrence, of a public trial. The former honest and highly honorable deportment of Mr. Lampkin, make, even the suggestion of his guilt in this case, a most extraordinary event indeed-- on behalf therefore of himself, his deeply afflicted family, and the station he has occupied of a Repres: from our Country in the Legislature, we feel anxiously desirous for the interposition of exemptive clemency. Permit me my friend to ask your friendly office, in his behalf; and as expeditious in all importance