[Presidential pardon of John Burns, convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in January 1866]. | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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GLC#: GLC00452
Type: Documents
Date: March 10, 1866
Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Title: [Presidential pardon of John Burns, convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in January 1866].
Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 42 cm, Width: 27 cm

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Pardoned since the judge and the jury said he was a proper object of executive clemency. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 [Presidential pardon of John Burns, convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in January 1866].