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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00043.22 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Presidential Pardons |
| Title | Pardon of William B. Philips, convicted of embezzling money from the post office. |
| Date | October 19, 1870 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Document Type | Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Convicted of embezzling money from the post office; sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and to pay a $3454.78 fine. Pardoned for his "...good character, pliable nature, poverty, the punishment already suffered, and the fact that his bondsmen have paid in a large portion of the money taken...". (c/s Hamilton Fish) One bust engraving of Grant included. |
| Subjects | President Pardon Post Office Law Criminals and Outlaws |
| People | Philips, William B. (fl. 1870) Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Law; The Presidency |
| 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 |