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Collection Reference Number GLC00045.27
From Archive Folder Collection of Presidential Pardons 
Title Pardon of Edward R. Gamble, alias Clifford L. Gamble, convicted of mail robbery
Date 11 May 1875
Author Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)  
Document Type Government document; Legal document
Content Description Convicted of robbing from mail; sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Pardoned after serving over 3 years of his prison term by recommendation of the judge and U.S. District Attorney who felt the punishment was too severe for the crime. (c/s John L. Cadwallader)
Subjects President  Pardon  Law  Criminals and Outlaws  Post Office  
People Cadualalder, John L. (fl. 1875-1876)  Gamble, Edward R. (fl. 1875)  Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)  
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