Petition from William Milnes and many others to Abraham Lincoln requesting a pardon.
- 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)
- Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- Date
- 1864-05-28
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Geographic Subject
- United States -- District of Columbia
- Collection
- Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana, 1760-1963
- Notes
- See full finding aid at: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/UPENN_RBML_PUSpMsColl941
- Physical Location
- Ms. Coll. 941, Box 1, Folder 17
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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