Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Joseph E. Johnston - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00656
From Archive Folder	Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929
Title	Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Joseph E. Johnston
Date	25 June 1868
Author	Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
Document Type	Legal document; Government document
Content Description	Pardon on behalf of Joseph E. Johnston.
Subjects	President Law Pardon Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Reconstruction
People	Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	Reconstruction; Law; The Presidency; Reconstruction
Sub-collection	Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide Ordered by the President. I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant (form no. 3) for the Pardon of Joseph E. Johnston. dated this day, and signed by me and for so doing this shall be warrant. Andrew Johnson Washington, 25th June, 1868.