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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 [Amnesty Proclamation]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09326.03 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Place Written: s.l. Type: Pamphlet Date: circa June 1865 Pagination: 21 p. : Order a Copy

Full printing of the oath with several circular letters appended. [The proclamation states the terms on which the citizens of the Southern states could be restored to their civil rights; Johnson's terms were much more stringent than Lincoln's, excluding 14 classes of prominent Confederates from taking the oath.] Housed in folder with .01 and .02.

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