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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04977.01
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1860s
Title	Pardon of Nathan B. Forrest for rebellion.
Date	17 July 1868
Author	Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
Document Type	Government document
Content Description	Pardon for ex-Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest. The pardon includes a provision against Forrest making use of or ever again owning slaves, and that he claim no property or the proceeds of any property that has been ordered sold by court of law. Accompanied by a Free Franked envelope. (c/s William H. Seward)
Subjects	Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Reconstruction Pardon Slavery African American History Law President Government and Civics Amnesty Oath
People	Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877) Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Law; Reconstruction
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
Related documents	Receipt of pardon form. [N. B. Forrest] Acknowledging receipt of presidential pardon [for Nathan B. Forrest]. Nathan Bedford Forrest to William H. Seward re: accepting the conditions of his pardon
Transcript	Show/hide Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, To all to Whom these Presents shall Come, Greeting: Whereas, N.B. Forrest of Tennessee, by taking part in the late Rebellion against the Government of the United States, has made himself liable to heavy pains and penalties; And Whereas, the circumstances of his case render him a proper subject of Executive clemency; Now therefore [let it be] known that I, Andrew Johnson... [illegible] ... In consideration of [illegible] premises, divers good and sufficient reasons me thereunto m[aki]ng, DO HEREBY GRANT to the said N.B. Forrest, a full PARDON AND AMNESTY [FOR ALL] OFFENCES by him committed, arising from Participation, direct or implied, in the said Rebellion, conditioned or as follows: 1st. This Pardon to be of no effect until the said N.B. Forrest shall take the oath prescribed in the Proclamation of the President, dated September 7th, 1867. 2nd. To be void and of no effect if the said N.B. Forrest, shall hereafter, at any time, acquire any property whatever in slaves, or make use of slave labor. 3rd. That the said N.B. Forrest, first pay all costs which may have accrued in any proceedings instituted or pending against his person or property, before the date of the acceptance of this warrant. 4th. That the said N.B. Forrest shall not, by virtue of this warrant, claim any property or the proceeds of any property that has been sold by the order, judgment, or decree of a court under the confiscation laws of the United Stat[es]. 5th. That the said N.B. Forrest shall notify the Secretary of State, in writing, that he has received and accepted the foregoing pardon. In Testimony [ther]eof I have herewith signed [my name] ...[illegible]... the Seal of the United States ...[illegible]... ...done at the City of Washington, this [SEAL] Seventeenth day of July, A.D. 1868, and of the Independence of the United States the Ninety- third. By the President: Andrew Johnson Willm. H. Seward Secretary of State.

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