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- GLC#
- GLC00044.07-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- August 24, 1865
- Author/Creator
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
- Title
- [Presidential pardon of I. H. Payne of Fauquier County, Virginia, for taking part in the rebellion].
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 42 cm, Width: 26 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Payne is pardoned by Andrew Johnson conditional on his taking the oath of 29 May 1865, that he no longer make use of slave labor, and that he pay all costs up to the date of acceptance of this warrant. Includes printed letter of transmittal signed by Seward, with a black (mourning) seal. Collateral file has leather valise/pouch and clerical transmittal envelope.
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