February 17, 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Philip D. Roddey for his participation in the rebellion]

This document is a Presidential pardon in which President Andrew Johnson granted Philip D. Roddey a full pardon and amnesty from crimes committed during the rebellion. Roddey was nicknamed "the Swamp Fox of Tennessee." The pardon was countersigned by the Secretary of State William H. Seward and accompanied by a paper seal.

GLC05921

1864/01/22

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Discharges for nine soldiers and William Yocum (signed recto by Brutus J. Clay)

List of prisoners on front, with place of imprisonment, endorsed on verso by Lincoln. At the bottom of the list is a note of congressman Brutus J. Clay, requesting the discharge of the above. Lincoln orders the discharge of nine soldiers upon taking oath, and a discharge for William Yocum "not as a prisoner of war, but for an offence for which he has perhaps suffered enough...." Yokum, an employee in charge of contrabands (escaped slaves) at Cairo, Ill., had been sentenced to five years hard labor for "aiding in the kidnapping of employees of the U.S." (quoting Basler 7: 167 note).…

GLC05984

February 28, 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [Petition and Recommendation in favor of Joseph Galloway, an attainted traitor.]

Missing text of petition, but with 43 signatures including: Thomas Mifflin, William Bingham, and Timothy Matlack. Galloway's was the only pardon granted to a loyalist who had been found guilty of treason during the Revolution.

GLC08389.02

February 28, 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Manuscript document signed

Title: 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

1813/07/27

Bowen, J., fl. 1813

Printed document signed

Title: [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 American merchant vessel who had been on parole in Britain since 31 March 1813, has permission to return to the United States and outlines the conditions and mode of his transfer. He was to travel from Ashburton to Dartmouth and embark aboard the Jenny Cartel. Identifying biographical and descriptive information about Clark appears on the verso and…

GLC02247.02

February 18, 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Robert L. Weakley who had fought against the United States].

A citizen of Tennesse, Weakley, was pardoned by Lincoln because he had taken the oath prescribed in the proclamation of the president dated 8 December 1863. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC03743

1846/11/24

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Francis Bassach (c/s James Buchanan)

c/s James Buchanan. Bassach was known as "alias William Mallett" and had been convicted of "assault on the high seas."

GLC06936

1854/07/14

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of William Smith (c/s Wm. L. Marcy)

Smith was convicted of "maltreatment of a seaman on board of the ship Golden Racer." Countersigned by William L. Marcy.

GLC06937

1869/12/22

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

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of William W. Copper (c/s Hamilton Fish)

Convicted of counterfeiting

GLC06942

1865/06/26

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of William Maller of Lynchburg, Va. for participating in the Rebellion

Countersigned by W. Hunter as Acting Sec. of State.

GLC06964

1864/01/14

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: 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 receiving the pardon.

GLC07135

1866/11/04

McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

1955/06/22

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1926-2022

Document signed

Title: Pardon of David Frank King, convicted of failing to submit for a medical exam

GLC07032

February 28, 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to pardon John Mardes].

GLC03648

February 18, 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document

Title: Proclamation of pardon.

Printing of the 8 December 1863 general pardon of Abraham Lincoln, with William H. Seward's coutersign, and the general orders no 64 of Attorney General Edward Townsend dated february 18 1864 dealing with refugees and rebel deserters.

GLC03591

1867/03/02

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

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

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

GLC07723

1867/07/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

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

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

GLC07724

1869/01/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: 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

1862/05/21

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: 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

1837/12/30

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Mary Scott, convicted of stealing

GLC07766

1895/11/26

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Autograph note signed

Title: to James Boyle re: Thanksgiving pardon

GLC07757

1872/07/24

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

Manuscript document signed

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

GLC07783

1702/01/21

Povey, John, fl. 1702

Broadside

Title: Queen's Council on behalf of Nicholas Bayard and John Hutchins

Nicholas Bayard and John Hutchins were previously sentenced to death for the charges of treason and misdemeanor. At this session of the Queen's Council, the accused were granted impunity.

GLC03107.05295

1920/04/29

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Typed letter signed

Title: to Otto A. Rosalsky re: as Gov. of Mass., urging leniency for Bernard Manning

Written as Governor of Massachusetts (on stationery) to Judge Rosalsky, asking leniency for Bernard Manning of Northampton, his hometown. He attests to the character of Manning's family and asserts that "[i]t appears to me simply a case of a country boy going to a large city and ignoring the restraints of home life and giving himself over to the propensities of youth than the exhibition of criminal intent."

GLC04476

1861/01/17

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon-related: remission of fine against bootlegger killed by Comanche Indians

GLC04533