16 January 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Presidential pardon of James Keenan Jr. who in July 1859 in the District of Columbia had been convicted of arson]
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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