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[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of C.A. Hayne].

GLC00956

to Capt. Nathan George Evans

The letter is concerning news and military assignments of friends. Also mentions Mormons uprising and a gang of 30 outlaws. Date of letter is 1857, not 1837.

GLC01053

[Pardon of Minard Granger for counterfeiting coins].

Countersigned by Secretary of State Lewis Cass. Minard Granger was convicted in October, 1853, and imprisoned in Auburn, New York. Buchanan pardoned Granger near the end of his sentence on the recommendation of his trial judge N. K. Hall. Reasons...

GLC01093

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George S. Becker].

GLC01110

[Presidential pardon and authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Alsop of Spotsylvania for rebellion].

Alsop, took part of a rebellion against the government. He was granted full pardon and amnesty by President Andrew Johnson to all the offences he committed. Countersigned by the Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC01111

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Frank Doyle].

GLC01130.01

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Smith].

GLC01130.02

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

GLC01130.03

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Maggie Ford].

GLC01180

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to a warrant for the pardon of Robert Des Anges].

GLC01181

Argument of Hon. Edwards Pierrepont to the jury, on the trial of John H. Surratt for the murder of president Lincoln

Printed at the Government Printing Office. Pierrepont was chosen to prosecute John Surratt. Presents detailed evidence against Surratt, including excerpts of testimony from various witnesses such as Mary Branson. Also includes various letters...

GLC01265.28

Note suspending execution of Harry C. Fuller at request of O. Kellogg

Note suspending execution of Harry C. Fuller at request of O. Kellogg.

GLC01307

to unknown

"The President told me today that the sentenced of Harry C. Fuller would stand suspended 'till I could have a hearing for him. I shall save him." Apparently a fragment from a longer letter.

GLC01308.01

[Authority to affix the seal to the pardon of Peyton R. Sides].

GLC01458

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal for commutation of sentence imposed upon Isaac Jacobson].

Partly printed document signed as President.

GLC01472

[Presidential pardon of Patrick Joyce Jr. and John Handley, convicted of larceny].

On March 1866, Patrick Joyce Jr. and John Handley were convicted of larceny, sentenced to serve a one year imprisonment. Pardon was requested by the Mayor of Washington and a large number of respectable citizens Countersigned by Secretary of State...

GLC01476

Authority to affix the seal to the pardon of Perry Murphy

GLC01611

Pardon of John W. Paxton, convicted of larceny.

Convicted of larceny; sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment. Pardoned after serving prison term for his good conduct and penitence. (c/s William H. Seward)

GLC01612

[Sentence commutation for Charles Manfri, convicted of selling heroin in New Jersey 19 December 1918, and sentenced to four years imprisonment]

Charles Manfri, alias Charles Mansfield, was convicted of violating the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and sentenced to four years in the State penitentiary in Baltimore, Maryland. Wilson commuted his sentence to...

GLC01622

[Presidential authority to the secretary of state to affix the seal to a warrant remitting the sentences of Henry Walsh and James S. Gregory].

Walsh and Gregory were being held in the Albany County, New York, Penitentiary and, in reference to the warrant, their "sentences were remitted "on the condition therein prescribed."

GLC01819

Authority to affix the seal to the pardon of Henry Fort

GLC01827

[Pardon of Samuel L. Valentine for security on a debenture bond]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Martin Van Buren. Jackson orders Valentine's release because of his poverty and large family and on condition that he pay the costs of the suit.

GLC01837

Pardon of R.S. Redmond (c/s Tobias Allen)

Redmond was convicted of horse-stealing. No reason is given for his pardon. Countersigned by Allen as acting Secretary of State.

GLC01860.04

[Presidential authority to the Secretaty of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Amos Owens, William Teal, David Collins and William Scruggs].

GLC01949

to Edward Ortho Cresap Ord

Serving as senior aide-de-camp to General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, Comstock authorizes General Ord to move soldiers from Little Rock to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Referring to reconstruction policies, informs Ord that "It is impossible for the General...

GLC01951