Presidential pardon, 1865 Sept. 18.

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Presidential pardon, 1865 Sept. 18.

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Consists of a presidential pardon issued to Thomas Menees of Robinson [i.e. Robertson] County, Tennessee, for "taking part in the late rebellion against the Government of the United States." The pardon is signed by President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Menees served in the Confederate Congress and was the first dean of the Vanderbilt University Medical School.

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Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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Menees, Thomas, b. 1823.

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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