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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00205 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Presidential Pardons |
| Title | Presidential pardon of James Keenan Jr. who in July 1859 in the District of Columbia had been convicted of arson |
| Date | 16 January 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Pardoned by Abraham Lincoln near the end of his sentence because he was young and inexperienced and the tool of older persons when he committed his crime, and because he had petitioned for it. Countersigned by William H. Seward. |
| Subjects | President Law Pardon Criminals and Outlaws |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The Presidency; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | No mention of petition of citizens in the granting; pardon perhaps thus solely self-generated by Keenan. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |