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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07361 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Presidential Pardons |
| Title | Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George Ward |
| Date | 10 May 1864 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Ward was convicted of highway robbery; the jurors petitioned Lincoln for Ward's pardon. |
| Subjects | President Pardon Government and Civics Law Prisoner Crime |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Law; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |