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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Washington, after the Senate passed the expunging resolution, Senator Benton sent the special pen used by the clerk to draw black lines and write 'expunged' to President Jackson, who received it gladly and vowed to preserve it and bequeath it to Benton upon his death.
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A little anecdote is related at Washington, which is worth recording.
The night the expunging resolution was carried into effect in the Senate, Mr. Benton, the persevering mover of that measure, sent to the President the pen used by the Clerk of the Senate, in drawing around and across, the black lines, and writing the word expunged by order of the Senate. It was a new pen that had never been used for any other purpose. The President received it with much pleasure, and informed Mr. B. that he should preserve it while he lived. and at his death bequeath it to Mr. Benton as a mark of his regard.
-Advocate.
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The Night The Expunging Resolution Was Carried Into Effect
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Mr. Benton sent the unused pen, employed by the Senate Clerk to expunge the resolution by drawing black lines and writing 'expunged', to the President, who accepted it with pleasure and promised to keep it until death, then bequeath it to Benton as a token of regard.