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[Presidential pardon of Hilaire Devault, convicted of smuggling].

Devault was convicted of smuggling, then sentenced to pay a $1500 fine and court costs. She was pardoned because of mitigating circumstances and by recommendation of the US. District Attorney and respectable citizens. Countersigned by Secretary of...

GLC00068.11

[Respite of execution for slaver Nathaniel Gordon]

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Convicted of engaging in the slave trade, respite granted to allow Gordon to prepare for execution. He was the only slave trader in U.S. history to be executed for that crime and was executed...

GLC00182

[Presidential pardon of Daniel Barry who, in the District of Columbia in March 1860, had been convicted of arson].

Pardoned by Abraham Lincoln because he is an old soldier who has lost a leg in the service of the United States, because he was previously a law-abiding person, because he has served out most of his sentence, and because Judge James Dunlop, who...

GLC00187

[Presidential pardon of James Keenan Jr. who in July 1859 in the District of Columbia had been convicted of arson]

Pardoned by Abraham Lincoln near the end of his sentence because he was young and inexperienced and the tool of older persons when he committed his crime, and because he had petitioned for it. Countesigned by William H. Seward.

GLC00205

Pardon of James Henry Coleman, convicted of assault and battery.

Convicted of assault and battery; sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. Pardoned by recommendation of his fellow employees and close acquaintances of his high character and "upright life" and because he acted out of provocation and fear. (c/s William...

GLC00230.03

Freedom and public faith: speech of William H. Seward, on the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska bills.

Printed by Buell & Blanchard, printers. Removed from previous binding. Contains stamp "Withdrawn from Watkinson Library Trinity College." Argues "The general authority of Congress over the Territories is one wisely confided to the National...

GLC00267.382

to John B. Stonehouse Jr.

Writing to his son, John B. Stonehouse describes the interruption of the Washington, D.C. celebration of Lee's surrender by the assassination of President Lincoln and stabbing of Secretary of State William Seward. He then continues to give a detailed...

GLC00368.01

[Presidential pardon of John Burns, convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in January 1866].

Pardoned since the judge and the jury said he was a proper object of executive clemency. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC00452

[Presidential pardon of John Brown, Michael Whelan, and Benjamin Gilbert, convicted in the District of Columbia in 1865 of assault and battery].

Pardoned by Andrew Johnson after serving 5 months of their 1 year sentences because of their good conduct and on the recommendation of the judge who tried them. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC00455

Pardon of Solomon Smith, convicted of larceny.

Convicted of larceny along with his wife; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Pardoned due to his innocence. (c/s William H. Seward)

GLC00459

to Henry T. Kerr

Senator Wilmot discusses his recent failed attempts to call on President Lincoln and William H. Seward, Secretary of State. Notes that Seward had been dining with the French Minister when he called. Finally met with Lincoln and Seward in the...

GLC02467.29

to Henry Carey

Writes to Carey in Burlington, New Jersey. Thanks him for his recent letter. Mentions that the country is demoralized on the subject of home industry and that the "loco foco corpus," meaning some democratic body or group, cannot be removed by...

GLC02490.13

to John J. Crittenden

Discussing a request for arms for Union men in Kentucky.

GLC02490.14

to John Murray Forbes

McCulloch, writing as Secretary of the Treasury, discusses opinions on currency and a bill for "equalizing bounties." He also mentions Forbes's complaint of injustice on the part of "Mr. Seward" (possible William Henry Seward) regarding the steamship...

GLC02727

[Presidential pardon of John W. Demaine, who had been convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in August 1856].

Demaine was pardoned near the end of his term because he was young and inexperienced at the time of the commission of the crime and under the influence of older persons and because the jurors who had rendered the verdict against him were recommending...

GLC02777

[Presidential pardon of Benjamin Wood, who had been convicted in December 1857 in the District of Columbia of manslaughter].

Wood was pardoned by Lincoln because it is believed that he was insane at the time of the offense, because it was his first offense, and because the jurors at his trial and others had petitioned for his release. Countersigned by Secretary of State...

GLC02789

[Presidential pardon of Confederate naval officer, Thomas W. Brent, for taking part in the rebellion]

President Andrew Johnson granted T. W. Brent a full pardon and amnesty for all offences he committed. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Seal on second page.

GLC03079.01

[Sealed certification of the Thirteenth Amendment]

Seward, Secretary of State, certifies accompanying true copy of Thirteenth Amendment (GLC03264.02). Contains faded seal and fragmented dark blue ribbon. Partially printed on United States Department of State paper.

GLC03264.01

[True copy of the Thirteenth Amendment]

Accompanied by Seward's certification (GLC03264.01) confirming this as a true copy of the Thirteenth Amendment: "Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted...

GLC03264.02

[Presidential pardon of William Fugitt, who in the District of Columbia had been convicted of horse stealing in July 1860].

Pardoned by Abraham Lincoln near the end of his sentence since he was a youth of 17 years at the time of his conviction, he was believed to be a tool of older criminals, and at the petition of citizens. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H...

GLC03328

[Pickering's letterbook]

Inventory attached. Contains two alphabetical lists of recipient's names. One eight page list is attached to the inner front cover by string and measures 23.2 x 19 cm. The other list is bound in as part of the letterbook. Contains letters to...

GLC03425

Proclamation of pardon.

Printing of the 8 December 1863 general pardon of Abraham Lincoln, with William H. Seward's coutersign, and the general orders no 64 of Attorney General Edward Townsend dated february 18 1864 dealing with refugees and rebel deserters.

GLC03591

[Presidential pardon of Robert L. Weakley who had fought against the United States].

A citizen of Tennesse, Weakley, was pardoned by Lincoln because he had taken the oath prescribed in the proclamation of the president dated 8 December 1863. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC03743

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

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

[Collection of T. Otis Baker, B company, 10th regiment, Mississippi, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .03]

Lieutenant T. Otis Baker served in Co. B, 10th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. The diary covers 9 October 1862 -2 August 1863. Diary is primarily written in pencil and has some touch-ups. In addition to the diary, this collection includes one...

GLC03134