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Granting amnesty to a group of confederate prisoners provided they take oath (one of the last official acts before his assisination), under Andrew Johnson, ES,4/12/1865.

GLC08091

Order to affix the seal

Order to affix the seal to a warrant for the pardon of Leon McLemon

GLC08114

Pardon of Prince L. Hudgins

Pardon of Prince L. Hudgins, under indictment in Missouri for conspiring against the government of the U.S.

GLC08163

Grant for presidential pardon

Grant for presidential pardon to Charles Henry Durner, who was convicted of falsifying documents. With legal files.

GLC08173

[Collection of 3 letters regarding Lieutenant Frank Williams of the 13th North Carolina, a Confederate parolee captured at Gettysburg]. Decimalized.

See descriptions in GLC08247.01-.03

GLC08247

to Conrad Baker

Meriweather writes to Colonel Baker about the 7 March 1864 arrest of Lieutenant Frank Williams of the 13th North Carolina, a parolee captured at Gettysburg, for disloyal conduct, including "using the most obscene and vulgar language towards the...

GLC08247.01

to Edward M. Stanton

Senator Harlan requests that Secretary of War Stanton make sure the case of Lieutenant Frank Williams be given special consideration. He was captured at Gettysburg and provided information that prevented the escape of some other Confederates,...

GLC08247.03

[Presidential pardon of Richard Hayden, who was convicted of destroying letters stolen from the mail].

Pardon signed by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State Seward. Hayden was in an "advanced stage of pulmonary consumption" at the time of the pardon.

GLC08253

"I have concluded to issue a pardon in the case of Percy Walker" (Former U.S. Congressman from Alabama, and brother of Confederate Secretary of War.)

GLC08287

to Lucy Knox

Indicates that he found an indentured servant, Thomas Eliot, for Lucy (see Lucy's request for one in GLC02437.00383) and has purchased three years of his labor. Mentions that Captain Sebastian Bauman's family "have gone into the Jersies" and asks...

GLC02437.00385

to Ulysses S. Grant re: petition for executive clemency for Mrs. William Mason

Autograph note signed as Governor of Ohio, appended to a petition (and character testimonial) for Mrs. William Mason (nee Sarah Anderson), jailed for postal fraud. Also with the notes and endorsements of the U.S. Judge, Marshall and Sheriff, all on...

GLC02053

to William Pinkney

Monroe, Joint Minister to Great Britain with Pinkney, sends to Pinkney an enclosed commission and letters of credence (not included) to the British King and Queen. States that the United States government hopes that Pinkney will take Monroe's place...

GLC02098

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of James Brown].

GLC02066

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Van Kennedy].

GLC02110

to Andrew Johnson

Written as a member of the House of Representatives for New Jersey to oblige Augusta, Georgia, resident Henry W. Hilliard, a former member of Congress. Newell asks for Johnson's signature on pardon warrants for Georgians Baldwin B. Miller, W. C...

GLC02078

to Amos J. Harding

Mustered out of service on 13 July and finally feels like a free citizen. Has not gone into business yet and is not sure where and what business he will get into, but it will happen soon. In St. Louis, he saw a mutual friend, who looked fine as...

GLC02178.10

to George Washington

Copy in Samuel Shaw's hand and signed by him for both Knox and Morris. Knox and Morris assumed the public would be interested in the POW report they recently submitted to Congress, so they wrote this letter for Washington with information they...

GLC02437.01395

Dear Sir

As President, sending a"petition of Parson Smith for a Pardon of a very serious crime.… request you to inclose the Papers to the Secretary of State and Attorney General for their consideration. If they and you agree in advising me to pardon the...

GLC09335

[Authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to the pardon of William Edwards].

Very early authority, dated three weeks after Lincoln's inauguration.

GLC02317

to Gen. Henry Benham re: stay of execution for Priv. Grey & Cusick

Accompanied by a forged Lincoln AES dated 3/22/1865, ordering an unnamed person be allowed to take the oath of Dec. 8 (clipped from a letter).

GLC02371.01

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George W. Marples].

GLC02378

Lincoln Pardons Conspirator on Plea of an English Statesman

GLC08880.088

to Smith Thompson

Transmits a pardon (not included) for Thomas Bryant made on condition of his leaving the country. Thompson was Secretary of the Navy.

GLC08916

[Telegraph to James G. Martin]

Manuscript copy of a telegraph sent to Brigadier James G. Martin ordering "the execution of privates William Leggett & Canada Barnes...suspended until further notice." Docket contains autograph endorsement signed by Charles Grice Elliot, Martin's...

GLC02233.33

to Henry Knox

Knox mentions a letter he wrote to Henry on September 7, from Cork, Ireland. Says affairs in France have taken a turn since the King accepted the constitution. He was also given a 12,000 pound yearly allowance and was allowed to retain most of his...

GLC02437.05176