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[Pardon of James Snow for perjury].

Countersigned by Secretary of State James Madison. Snow was convicted of perjury in Alexandria, Virginia in 1803. Jefferson pardoned Snow for "divers causes and considerations."

GLC07146

to William A. Williams

One letter from William Henry Heyward, enslaver and proprietor of Clay Hall plantation in Reconstruction-era South Carolina, to William A. Williams dated December 2, 1865. Discusses going to Charleston to receive a pardon and to attain ownership of...

GLC00496.254.06

Manifesto and proclamation to the members of the Congress

Double-column format. Issued by the British Peace Commissioners Lord Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton and William Eden after the failure of their peace initiative. Offered a general amnesty and pardon with internal self-government and the repeal of...

GLC01032

to Supreme Court re: requesting pardon

Requests the secretary of state make out a pardon for Henry Brasher for receiving stolen property. Brasher had been convicted in January 1796. Letter signed by Jay as governor of New York.

GLC01082

The dangers and duties of the hour: an address delivered at concert hall

Published by Chronicle Book and Job Print. Denounces president Andrew Johnson as an untrustworthy leader and one who easily pardons traitors, primarily Southern rebels. Includes a letter written to Kelley by Governor W.G. Brownlow of Tennessee as a...

GLC01265.24

Letter fragment and carte de visite [decimalized]

GLC01308

Two amnesty oaths for Jones with pardon and related papers [Decimalized .01- .05]

P.B Jones took part in a rebellion against the government . He was later pardoned by President Andrew Johnson.
All documents have stamped signatures of important persons.

GLC01444

[Pardon of Ezekiel D. Dyer for fraud].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Dyer was convicted in December, 1859, and sentenced to the jail at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He remained in prison after completing his sentence because he was unable to pay his fine. He was...

GLC07314

[Presidential pardon of Charles L. King, convicted of Army desertion on 23 April 1908 and sentenced to two and one half years at Fort Leavenworth]

Sentence published in General Orders, No. 65, Department of the East, 30 April 1908. Secretary of War recommended pardon, which was granted by William H. Taft. Partially handwritten. With James Finch (signed), pardon attorney, warrant for pardon...

GLC07318

[Presidential commutation for Arthur Franzblau, convicted of mail fraud 24 February 1924 in New York]

Arthur Franzblau was convicted of using the mails in a scheme to defraud in the U.S. District Court of Southern New York and sentenced to one year in the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. He appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on 2...

GLC07326

Pardon of Leonhart F. Reik, convicted of a violation of Internal Revenue laws.

Convicted of violating Internal Revenue laws; sentenced to pay a $1000 fine and to be imprisoned until fine is paid. Pardoned after spending some months in prison and proving entirely unable to pay the fine due to poverty, and by recommendation of...

GLC07329

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George Ward]

Ward was convicted of highway robbery; the jurors petitioned Lincoln for Ward's pardon.

GLC07361

[Albumen of Samuel Arnold]

Inscribed on verso: "Samuel Arnold. Conspirator. Imprisoned for life at Ft. Jefferson Fla. (Dry Tortuges) Pardoned by President Johnson. Released March 21, 1869." Photograph shows Arnold wearing a dark coat, vest, and tie; facing slightly to the...

GLC07738.02

[Presidential pardon of the ten ringleaders of the Whiskey Rebellion, who had been convicted of high treason]

Countersigned by Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State. Pardons Daniel Hamilton, William Miller, Richard Holcroft, Ebenezer Gallagher, William Hannah, Peter Lisle, David Lock, Alexander Fulton, Samuel Hannah and Thomas Spiers. Includes the...

GLC08072

[Pardon of Joshua C. Bigley for violating the act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Henry Clay. Bigley was convicted in Rhode Island. Pardoned by President Adams due to certain circumstances in the case. He must still, however, pay the court costs involved.

GLC08073

to William Maxwell

Confirming death sentence against Major Daniel Platt, commuting another, [in reaction court martial 12 soldiers who deserted and planned to join the British].

GLC08135

[Pardon of John Nicholas for transporting a stolen vehicle].

Countersigned by Acting Attorney General James W. Morris. Nicholas, an alien, transported a stolen car across state lines and was sentenced to 2 years in prison on 18 April 1924. He served eight months at the Missouri Reformatory, Booneville...

GLC08152

[Authority to affix the Seal of the United States to the pardon of William J. Porter.]

GLC08159

to James Harlan

Carr asks Senator Harlan for help in securing Lieutenant Frank Williams' release, a parolee captured at Gettysburg of the 13th North Carolina. He notes that prison authorities are making a similar request to Washington, because Williams gave...

GLC08247.02

Pardon for George W. Sullivan

Sullivan was convicted of burglary and sentenced to prison for five years. C/S William Seward, Sec. of State. With collateral, National Archives certification and photocopy of document.

GLC08885

Objections to the Constitution as far as it has advanced...

Lists eleven objections to the Constitution (the 12th has been struck). Docket reads "Objections to the Constitution / by Mr. Randal."

GLC00819.18

[Various proposals:] The Council of State...

Large folio sheet. Unidentified handwriting. Also re: import duties, revenues, limiting terms and appointments of elected officials including the President, limits on the executive pardon authority and a rejected clause concerning revenues.

GLC00819.19

An act to Compleat the New Jersey Regiment to Six Hundred and Sixty Six effective volunteers, Officers included.

Document aims to raise additional men for the French & Indian War, with inducements including pardons. Details provisions for recruiting minors, slaves, and Indians. Additionally, allows Quakers to affirm, rather than swear, an oath. Signed by Hardy...

GLC00903

to Daniel Hale

John Jay asks Secretary of State Hale to prepare a pardon for Robert MacBraire. MacBraire had been convicted of assault with intent to rob, and sentenced to pay a $25 fine and serve 9 months in prison. Letter written by Jay as governor of New York.

GLC00961

[Pardon of Richard W. Davis for cruelly and inhumanly beating a Negro in Georgetown].

Countersigned by Acting Secretary of State Asbury Dinkins. Pardoned by Jackson after serving his one-month prison sentence because Davis was unable to pay a fine of $10 and court costs, and on the recommendation of the judge and the district...

GLC04211