Petition from William Milnes and many others to Abraham Lincoln requesting a pardon.
Name:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Date:
1864-05-28
Description:
Petition of William Milnes and others to Abraham Lincoln. Endorsement by Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton: “On the representation and petition of Allbright and Dimmick who prosecuted in this case and W.D. Relsy’s endorsement of them as every way reliable. John Paul named within is pardoned for the [] part of his sentence. June 15. 1864” (Formerly in a scrapbook labeled Block/Linc. Ms. 8)
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