August 24, 1865

Unknown

Envelope

Title: [Leather Valise/Pouch]

A transmittal envelope for pardon of Payne. There is a seal on the back.

GLC00044.07.03

August 24, 1865

unknown, 1808-1875

Object

Title: [Leather Valise/Pouch]

Lather valise/pouch contained a pardon for Payne and a transmittal envelope and letter. GLC00044.07.01-.03

GLC00044.07.04

Circa 1865

unknown, 1808-1875

Document

Title: [Society of Colonial Wars membership application for I. H. Payne]

A application to be part of the Society of Colonial Wars, includes geneological line for the applicant as well as a description of the service of his ancestor

GLC00044.07.02

circa 2 January 1912

Photograph

Title: Photograph of a man

GLC03579.02

circa 2 January 1912

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of a man]

GLC03579.03

30 August 1877

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Document signed

Title: Pardon for William and Elijah McWhorter

One warrant for a pardon ordered and signed by Rutherford B. Hayes dated August 30, 1877. The pardon was ordered for William and Elijah McWhorter.

GLC00212.01

1866

Kelley, William D., 1814-1890

Pamphlet

Title: 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 testament of Johnson's betrayal of the Union.

GLC01265.24

30 July 1863

Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876

Manuscript document

Title: [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 assistant adjutant general.

GLC02233.33

July 8, 1914

Finch, James A., fl. 1911-1914

Document signed

Title: Warrant for Commutation of Sentence of Albert Holtzman

Warrant, signed by Pardon Attorney James A. Finch. Albert Holtzman of West Virginia was convicted of violating the Slave Trade Traffic Act. Pardoned after serving three months of his six month sentence. Prosecuted for white slavery and kidnapping women for the purpose of prostitution. Partly printed document.

GLC00045.39.01

21 March 1873

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Document signed

Title: Order to affix the seal

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

GLC08114

28 April 1779

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: 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

26 May 1939

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Document signed

Title: [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, Missouri. Released on parole 17 February 1925. Roosevelt pardoned him so that Nicholas could avoid deportation, which would separate him from his American wife and family.

GLC08152

02 March 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Prince L. Hudgins

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

GLC08163

19 June 1962

Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1925-1968

Document signed

Title: Grant for presidential pardon

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

GLC08173

14 April 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Edict.

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

30 September 1865

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph note signed

Title: "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

12 July 1979

Clinton, William J., 1946-?

Document signed

Title: As Arkansas Governor, commutes first degree murder term of J.W. Taylor from life to 61 years, 7 months.

GLC08344

11 June 1858

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Kelly

Reports that nothing has been heard from the commissioners sent out by President James Buchanan to negotiate with Brigham Young, so he cannot tell her if Young has accepted the pardon offer. Moore hopes Young will fight. He expresses disdain for Young and thinks that any in the East who have sympathy for the Mormon cause are misguided.

GLC04194.09

15 July 1858

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Kelly

Informs Kelly that the common belief in the eastern United States that the Mormons have become quiet and peaceable is wrong. He attributes their continued belligerence to a belief that they can bully the government into bending to their demands, drawing on President James Buchanan's offer of a pardon. Moore denounces the Mormons, telling the story of one of their preacher's vulgar dismissal of the pardon document. Written at a camp near Cedar Valley, Utah.

GLC04194.10

6 June 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Kelly

Gives graphic details of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857. Is disgusted that the Mormons "claim remuneration" for maintaining and paying ransom to the Indians for the surviving children. Reports that the Indians claim Bishop John D. Lee raped and murdered a "beautiful girl of 18 or 19" who pleaded for her life. Decries that President James Buchanan forced a pardon on the Mormons when he could have crushed them. Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.17

20 June 1864

Carr, Andrew J., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 "information that prevented the escape of some desperate rebels...and, perhaps by so doing saved the lives of some very valuable officers and men."

GLC08247.02

June 1864

Header Record

Title: [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

17 June 1864

Meriweather, J.B., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 President...insulting the Flag...abusing some sick soldiers of the Union army...". Meriweather, the local provost marshal, asks that Williams be sent to Johnson's Island as a POW. Docketed up the chain of command to the commissary general of prisoners.

GLC08247.01

27 June 1864

Harlan, James, fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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, Prompted, in part, by Andrew Carr's letter requesting Harlan aid in securing William's release (GLC08247.02).

GLC08247.03

25 May 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [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