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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 10, 1867. President Johnson authorizes and directs the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to “a Warrant for the unconditional pardon of Benjamin F. Williams.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Andrew Johnson. In fine condition.
As referenced in the 1868 House of Representatives documents archive: ‘At the November term 1865 of the United States court for the eastern district of Missouri, one Benjamin F Williams was convicted of attempting to pass a counterfeit fifty-dollar note and sentenced to two years imprisonment. In consideration of the fact that the term for which the prisoner was sentenced had almost expired, his former good character, services in the United States army, and good conduct during imprisonment, his pardon was asked and granted.’
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