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Collection Reference Number GLC00068.17
From Archive Folder Collection of Presidential Pardons 
Title Pardon: commuting sentence of Theodore F. Baker, convicted of embezzlement
Date 31 May 1898
Author McKinley, William (1843-1901)  
Document Type Government document; Legal document
Content Description Convicted of embezzling funds from a national bank; sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. Pardoned after serving 4 years of the prison term. No reason for commutation. (c/s J. W. Griggs)
Subjects Banking  President  Pardon  Law  Criminals and Outlaws  
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