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Collection Reference Number GLC04978
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Nathan Bedford Forrest to William H. Seward re: accepting the conditions of his pardon
Date 6 August 1868
Author Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877)  
Recipient Seward, William H.  
Document Type Government document
Content Description Forrest accepts the conditions of his presidential pardon and amnesty oath, with all the conditions specified. Certified at bottom by Isaac Morrison, U.S. Commander for the District of West Tenn.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate General or Leader  Confederate States of America  Reconstruction  Pardon  Slavery  African American History  Law  President  Government and Civics  Amnesty  Oath  
People Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877)  Seward, William Henry (1801-1872)  
Place written Memphis, Tennesse
Theme Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Law; Reconstruction
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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