Subject: Piracy

This pamphlet provides a report of the trial of Samuel Tully and John Dalton, who were indicted for piracy on January 21, 1812, in Boston, Massachusetts. The second edition, published by Uriah P. Levy, details the charges against Tully and Dalton, including the theft of the schooner *George Washington*, owned by Levy, and the murder of George Cummings. The trial's account includes Tully's sentencing to death by hanging and Dalton's eleventh-hour reprieve. The text is taken directly from the trial minutes.

Presidential pardon signed by James Madison, President of the United States, and countersigned by Secretary of State James Monroe, March 6, 1813. The pardon respites the execution of John Dalton, convicted of piracy in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The pardon relates to the case of the schooner George Washington, owned by Uriah Phillips Levy, which was seized by its chief mate, Samuel Tully, and his accomplice, John Dalton. The document details the events leading to the piracy, the trial, and the subsequent reprieve of Dalton. Tully was executed. This is considered the first known instance of an American Jew being involved in a presidential pardon. The original document includes the seal of the United States, which remains intact.