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Collection Reference Number GLC00045.31
From Archive Folder Collection of Presidential Pardons 
Title Pardon of Frank Washington, convicted of assault and battery
Date 28 August 1878
Author Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)  
Document Type Government document; Legal document
Content Description Convicted of assault & battery; sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. Pardoned after serving half of the term by recommendation of by the U.S. District Attorney. (c/s F.W. Seward)
Subjects President  Pardon  Law  Criminals and Outlaws  
People Washington, Frank Seward  Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The Presidency; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945