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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC00187 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Presidential Pardons |
Title | Presidential pardon of Daniel Barry who, in the District of Columbia in March 1860, had been convicted of arson |
Date | 5 November 1862 |
Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
Document Type | Government document; Legal document |
Content Description | Pardoned by Abraham Lincoln because he is an old soldier who has lost a leg in the service of the United States, because he was previously a law-abiding person, because he has served out most of his sentence, and because Judge James Dunlop, who presided at his trial, has recommended him to Lincoln for his executive clemency. Countersigned by William H. Seward. |
Subjects | President Law Pardon Criminals and Outlaws Military History Injury or Wound |
People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) Barry, Daniel (fl. 1862) |
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 |
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