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Collection of 24 items relating to presidential pardons. See decimalized entries. [Decimalized .01-.24]

1792-1963

Various

GLC00068
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[Pardon of Samuel Davis for unlading two bales of cotton without a permit].

21 June 1792

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Countersigned by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Davis was convicted in Massachusetts. No reason given for pardon.

GLC00068.01
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[Pardon of Felix McNamare for felonious act]

27 May 1818

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Signed by James Monroe. Countersigned by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Pardoned since McNamare had served a large portion of his two-year sentence and there were circumstances tending to the mitigation of the offense. Accompanied by a paper...

GLC00068.03
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[Pardon of William Collins for larceny]

5 July 1834

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Collins was pardoned in June 1834 on condition of paying costs of prosecution. Pardoned by Jackson due to the inability to pay prosecution fees.

GLC00068.04
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[Pardon of William Field for violations of maritime law]

March 20, 1839

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Field, master of the schooner Boston, was convicted of illegally landing a seaman and for omitting to deposit his register at the U.S. Commercial Agency at the port of Aux Cayes in Haiti. Since he...

GLC00068.05
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Pardon of John Krause, convicted of assault with intent to kill.

26 July 1847

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Convicted of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to 2 years hard labor. Pardoned since he was penitent and the citizens of Georgetown had requested pardon. (c/s James Buchanan)

GLC00068.06
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Pardon of Samuel Prince, convicted of over-boarding his ship "George Turner."

December 31, 1851

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Convicted of over-boarding his ship "George Turner"; sentenced to pay a $50 fine for each of the 24 passengers who were in excess of amount allowed [$1200 total] and court costs. Pardon is a remission of forfeiture while still upholding the above...

GLC00068.07
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Pardon of Charles Barrett, convicted of murder.

04 November 1858

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Convicted of murder; sentenced to death. Sentence commuted due to Barrett's youth, and because the crime was unintentional, not premeditated, and was done in "...a moment perpetrated under the maddening effects of intoxicating liquor...". (c/s Lewis...

GLC00068.08
GLC00068.09
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[Pardon of Robert Warrax by Abraham Lincoln]

January 18, 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Convicted of counterfeiting, Warrax was pardoned because of new evidence. Also signed by William H. Seward.

GLC00068.09
GLC00068.10
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[Presidential pardon of West Adams, who in the District of Columbia was convicted of grand larceny in 1865].

January 22, 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pardoned since the U.S. attorney assured Johnson that Adams was a suitable object of clemency. Countersigned by Acting Secretary of State William Hunter.

GLC00068.10

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