Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Presidential pardon of James Keenan Jr. who in July 1859 in the District of Columbia had been convicted of arson]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00205 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 16 January 1862 Pagination: 2 p. ; 42 x 27 cm Order a Copy
Pardoned by Abraham Lincoln near the end of his sentence because he was young and inexperienced and the tool of older persons when he committed his crime, and because he had petitioned for it. Countesigned by William H. Seward.
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