Various Collection of 12 documents relating to pardons (collection #6). See decimalized entries. [Decimalized .01-.12]

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GLC#
GLC00173
Type
Header Record
Date
1810-1953
Author/Creator
Various
Title
Collection of 12 documents relating to pardons (collection #6). See decimalized entries. [Decimalized .01-.12]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
12 items
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Pardon
President
Criminals and Outlaws
Law

Showing 12 of 12 records

Collection Item
Document signed

[Pardon of John Bladen for assault and battery].

January 10,1810

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Cosigned by Robert Smith. Bladen was convicted of assault and battery. He was sentenced to 1 month imprisonment and to pay a $100 fine and court costs. Pardoned after serving out his prison sentence because he was unable to pay the resulting fine...

GLC00173.01
Collection Item
Document signed

[Presidential authority to the Secretaty of State to affix the seal to the pardon of David Babe, alias William Brown].

22 May 1846

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Babe had been convicted of murder on the high seas in December 1843.

GLC00173.02
Collection Item
Document signed

Pardon of William Childers, convicted of counterfeiting.

15 September 1849

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Convicted of passing counterfeit coin; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Pardoned for "...divers good and other sufficient reasons...". (c/s John M. Clayton)

GLC00173.03
Collection Item
Document signed

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of J.N.F. Fulirmann].

09 November 1850

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

GLC00173.04
Collection Item
Document signed

Pardon of Lucy Wheeler, "a negress," convicted of two counts of aggravated assault.

17 November 1854

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Wheeler, convicted of two counts of aggravated assault: sentenced in one case to 1 year imprisonment, and to pay a $0.50 fine and court costs; sentenced in the other to 6 months imprisonment [to be served following the first term], and to pay another...

GLC00173.05
Collection Item
Document signed

Pardon of the Steamboat "Terror" for violations of steamboat inspection laws [fraud].

March 28, 1859

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Convicted of being in violation of steamboat inspection laws [fraud]. Pardoned because the crime was unintentional. The steamboat had been rented only as accommodation to a charitable, religious society for a trip down the Penobscot River at no cost...

GLC00173.06
GLC00173.07
Collection Item
Document signed

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of James O'Neill].

30 October 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

GLC00173.07
GLC00173.08
Collection Item
Document signed

Pardon commuting death sentence of Charles Purdue, convicted of arson while at sea.

02 May 1871

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Convicted of arson on the high seas; sentenced to death by hanging. Pardoned by recommendation of the convicting jury and since it was the first such conviction to fall under the statute of 1790, imposing the death penalty for the said offense, and...

GLC00173.08
GLC00173.09
Collection Item
Document signed

Pardon of Frank Lucas, convicted of counterfeiting.

December 19, 1889

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

Convicted of passing counterfeit silver dollars; sentenced to four years hard labor, and to pay a $500 fine and court costs. Pardoned since his innocence had been corroborated by the U.S. Marshall, deputies, and clerk. (c/s James G. Blaine)

GLC00173.09
GLC00173.10
Collection Item
Document signed

[Presidential commutation for Tonko L. Milic, convicted of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. on 25 March 1915 and sentenced to one year imprisonment]

January 7, 1916

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Tonko L. Milic was sentenced to one year imprisonment in the state penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Wilson commuted his sentence to expire immediately, no reason mentioned. Countersigned by Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory. Printed document...

GLC00173.10
GLC00173.11
Collection Item
Document signed

Pardon of Harry James Gardiner

17 July 1942

George VI, King of the United Kingdom, 1895-1952

Printed document. Convicted of an offense against the National Service Act.

GLC00173.11
Collection Item
Document signed

Pardon of John Roland Holloway

02 September 1953

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1926-2022

Printed document with typed specifics

GLC00173.12