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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Presidential pardon of Albert Horn, who had been convicted in New York in October 1862 of fitting out the ship, City of Norfolk, for trade in slaves]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00044.03 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: May 21, 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 41 cm, Width: 27 cm Order a Copy

Horn was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln because, on the testimony of the physician of the county jail of New York and that of Dr. A. Jacobi, professor in the New York Medical College, and by Dr. T. S. Edwards of New York that Horn was suffering from disease of the lungs and liver which had been aggravated while he was imprisoned and this aggravation would materially shorten his life were his imprisonment to continue. Also because this opinion was concurred in by Robert Murray, United States Marshal for this district and because of the petition of Peter V. King and Simeon Draper of New York, who had recommended Horn as a fit object for executive clemency. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

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

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