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to Charles J. Jenkins re: his ability to serve Reconstruction government

Informs the Governor of Georgia that he has been pardoned by the President and will be able to serve as clerk of court of Richmond County.

GLC07011

Affix seal to the pardon of Confederate officer Benjamin C. Robertson

Robertson was a Confederate officer from Tennessee. Lincoln had requested the pardon from Attorney General Edward Bates the day before (see Basler, 2d suppl. 87). The circumstances for the pardon are unknown. Unfortunately Robertson died before...

GLC07135

Pardon of William Goss (c/s Edward Livingston)

Convicted of gambling. Pardoned because he was unable to pay the fine and was now "a steady and peaceable citizen."

GLC07193

Pardon of Thomas E. Kirkley, convicted of subornation of perjury

GLC07871

Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 2 March 1867.

GLC07723

Message from the President of the United States... [Pardoned Confederates]

List of pardoned Confederates from 15 April 1865 to 8 July 1867.

GLC07724

Message from the President of the United States... [Pardon proclamation]

Pardon proclamation justifying his constitutional right to pardon, noting similar proclamations from previous presidents.

GLC07725

Endorsement on 3 p. Thomas Breck ALS to Charles Sumner re: leniency for soldier

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862,
p. 228

GLC07742

Pardon of Mary Scott, convicted of stealing

GLC07766

to James Boyle re: Thanksgiving pardon

GLC07757

Pardon of Jeremiah Hendricks (c/s Hamilton Fish) , convicted of murder

GLC07783

[Exchange papers for American prisoner of war Joseph W. Clark]

Countersigned by Jn. Haines and W. Boothby, who along with Bowen were "Commissioners of His Majesty's Transport Service," and Thomas Gribble as agent for prisoners of war on parole at Ashburton, England. Certifies that Clark, a master of an...

GLC02247.02

Columbian centinel. [Vol. 33 no. 26 (May 31, 1800)]

Four acts, pardon of 3 men accused of treason

GLC08829

New York times [Vol. IX, no. 2541 (11 November 1859)]

News regarding John Brown's raid. Reports on conviction of Brown's fellow raiders, Gerrit Smith going insane, Brown's time in Kansas, his charitable deeds. Also an article urging reconciliation between North and South, and urging Brown be pardoned...

GLC08771

To the inhabitants of the State of New York

Delivered at Fishkill, New York, to the state's constitutional convention shortly after the American defeats at Long Island, Manhattan and White Plains, and a few days before Washington surprised the Hessians at Trenton. As such, Jay addressed his...

GLC00006

[Presidential pardon of a group of Quakers for refusing to bear arms in militia].

Countersigned by Secretary of State James Monroe. Intended for Joseph Hollingsworth, William Ellicott Jr. and Sr., Thomas Hartley, Levi Hartley, Samuel Hartley Jr., and Seneca Parry, who were arrested in Maryland. Partially filled out.

GLC00043.02

to Thomas Rutter

Secretary of State Monroe asks the Marshal of Maryland for details of the cases against Joseph Hollingsworth, William Ellicott Jr. and Sr., Thomas Hartley, Levi Hartley, Samuel Hartley Jr., Seneca Parry. These men were Quakers who had refused to bear...

GLC00043.06

[Transmittal letter for blank pardon form].

Possibly for a group of Quakers arrested for refusing to bear arms. Writing as secretary of state.

GLC00043.07

to Thomas Rutter

President Monroe urges U.S. Marshal Rutter to promptly list the names of the customs officers who must appear as trial witnesses in Richmond in the case of the Brig Romp.

GLC00043.08

[Pardon of Joseph Richmond for embezzlement]

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Deputy postmaster of Middletown, Maryland, Richmond was convicted of embezzling the U.S. Mail in November 1834 and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Richmond, young and of previous good...

GLC00043.10

[Pardon of Robert Baker for engaging in the slave trade].

Countersigned by James Buchanan. Baker, 1st mate on the Brig "Montivedio", was convicted of engaging in the slave trade between Africa and Brazil and sentenced to serve 6 months in prison and pay a $500 fine and court costs. Pardoned after serving...

GLC00043.11

Pardon of George Miles, convicted of mutiny aboard the Barque "Agnes." Also, includes petitions and receipts.

Miles, "...convicted of a revolt on board of the barque 'Agnes'..."; sentenced to pay a $1 fine and courts costs [$25], and be imprisoned for ten days. Pardoned after serving his prison sentence since he was too poor to pay his fine. (c/s James...

GLC00043.12

Pardon of Lewis Huskey alias Edward Cairns, convicted of mutiny aboard the Barque "Agnes." Also, includes petitions and receipts.

Huskey [a.k.a. Cairns], "...convicted of a revolt on board of the barque 'Agnes'..."; sentenced to pay a $1 fine and courts costs [$25], and be imprisoned for ten days. Pardoned after serving his prison sentence since he was too poor to pay his fine...

GLC00043.13

Pardon of William Jenkins alias William Ryall, convicted of counterfeiting. Includes petitions and transmission letters.

Convicted of passing counterfeit coin; sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Pardoned for "...divers good and other sufficient reasons...". (c/s Daniel Webster)

GLC00043.14

Pardon of Daniel Brown, convicted of counterfeiting.

Convicted of passing counterfeit coin; sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Pardoned for "...divers other good and suffiecient reasons...". (c/s W.S. Derrick)

GLC00043.15