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[Presidential pardon of George W. Hays, who had been convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in April 1866].

1 May 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pardoned by Andrew Johnson after he had been assured by the District Attorney who prosecuted the case that Hays was a proper object of executive clemency. Coutersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC03183
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Affix seal to ratification of Treaty with China.

19 October 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

This treaty, the Burlingham Treaty of 1868, amended the Reed Treaty of 1858 by allowing free immigration. That flow of people allowed the rapid expansion of western railroads through cheap labor. (Eventually, it also provoked a racial backlash on...

GLC03578
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Broadside

[Proclamation announcing North Carolina has a Republican form of government]

29 May 1865

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Proclamation announcing North Carolina has a Republican form of government, and appointing William W. Holden as provisional governor, who duty it shall be to subscribe rules and regulations for the purpose of altering or amending the U.S...

GLC03827
GLC04099.47
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Treaty Between the United States and the Omaha Tribe of Indians

February 13, 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

concluded March 6, 1865
proclaimed February 15. 1866

GLC04099.47
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Treaty Between the United States and the Blackfeet Band of Dakota or Sioux Indians

5 March 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

concluded October 19, 1865
proclaimed March 17, 1866

GLC04099.48

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