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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07318 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Presidential Pardons |
| Title | Presidential pardon of Charles L. King, convicted of Army desertion on 23 April 1908 and sentenced to two and one half years at Fort Leavenworth |
| Date | 15 December 1911 |
| Author | Taft, William H. (William Howard) (1857-1930) |
| Document Type | Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Sentence published in General Orders, No. 65, Department of the East, 30 April 1908. Secretary of War recommended pardon, which was granted by William H. Taft. Partially handwritten. With James Finch (signed), pardon attorney, warrant for pardon. Countersigned by George W. Wickersham, Attorney General. |
| Subjects | President Military History Pardon Government and Civics Prisoner Law Desertion |
| People | Taft, William H. (William Howard) (1857-1930) Wickersham, George W. (George Woodward) (1858-1936) Finch, James A. (fl. 1911) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Law; The Presidency; The American Civil War |
| 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 |