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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05968 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Presidential Pardons |
| Title | Presidential authorization to the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the pardon of Nathiel W. Watkins |
| Date | 11 March 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Legal document; Government document |
| Content Description | Watkins was the half-brother of Henry Clay, who had commanded a corps of Confederate Missouri Guards at the beginning of the Civil War. Document is perforated for inclusion in binder. |
| Subjects | President Government and Civics Confederate States of America Civil War Military History Pardon |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law; Government & Politics |
| 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 |