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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Presidential pardon of Henry Buschrae, who had been convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in June 1861].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00044.02 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: January 13, 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 42 cm, Width: 27 cm Order a Copy

Buschrae was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln because he had served nearly all of his sentence, because he had been well behaved in prison, because he had been of good character and was drunk when he committed the larceny, because he had "served faithfully as a volunteer soldier in the defense of his country," and because many citizens of the District of Columbia had petitioned him on his behalf. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872

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