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Collection Reference Number GLC00068.12
From Archive Folder Collection of Presidential Pardons 
Title Pardon of William H. Walker, convicted of retailing spirituous liquors without paying special required tax
Date 11 January 1877
Author Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)  
Document Type Government document; Legal document
Content Description Convicted of retailing spirituous liquors without paying special required tax. Pardoned by recommendation of the Congressmen from South Carolina, and because he was unable to pay the $100 fine. (c/s Hamilton Fish)
Subjects President  Pardon  Law  Alcohol  Taxes or Taxation  Merchants and Trade  
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