Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 [Pardon of John Arthur Bowen for felony].
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02773 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 27 June 1836 Pagination: 1 p. 32 x 25 cm Order a Copy
Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Bowen, identified as a "Negro man Slave," had been convicted of felony and sentenced to hang. He had been given two respites by President Andrew Jackson, who here pardons him completely as a fit subject for executive clemency and "in consideration of divers other good and sufficient reasons."
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