James Buchanan, President of the United States of America. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, it appears that at the October Term, 1853, of the Circuit Court of the United States of America for the Northern District of New York, Minard Granger was convicted upon an indictment for making counterfeit coin and was by the said Court sentenced to be imprisoned in the State Prison at Auburn in said District for the term of eight years. And whereas the said Minard Granger has already served out nearly seven years of his said term of imprisonment, and the Honorable N. K. Hall, the Judge before whom he was tried and convicted has earnestly recommended his pardon on the ground that after his conviction he gave valuable information to the Marshal; that his health has been broken down by the long imprisonment he has suffered and that he has now "been more than sufficiently punished"; Now therefore, be it known that I, James Buchanan, President of the United States of America, in consideration of the promises, divers other good and sufficient reason me there unto moving, have granted and do hereby grant unto him, the said Minard Granger, a full and unconditional pardon. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this thirteenth day of September, I. D. 1860, and of the Independence of the United States, the Eighty-fifth. James Buchanan By the President: {signed} Secretary of State