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- GLC#
- GLC04335
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 19 August 1861
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- [Presidential pardon of Arthur O'Bryan, who had been convicted in the District of Columbia of attempted bestiality in August 1857].
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 42.2 cm, Width: 25.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Pardoned by Lincoln near the end of his sentence because of his exemplary behavior in prison, because he had been decent and well-behaved, but was drunk when he committed the offense, and at the request of a large number of respected citizens. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.
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