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Collection Reference Number GLC00045.32
From Archive Folder Collection of Presidential Pardons 
Title Pardon of Joseph D. Schwartz, convicted of receiving and purchasing U.S. military clothing
Date 20 November 1879
Author Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)  
Document Type Government document; Legal document
Content Description Convicted of receiving and purchasing U.S. military clothing; sentenced to 1 year imprisonment. Pardoned after serving 11 months of his prison term because of good conduct. (c/s William M. Evarts)
Subjects President  Pardon  Law  Criminals and Outlaws  
People Schwartz, Joseph D.  Evarts, William Maxwell (1818-1901)  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