Presidential pardons, 1865-1878.

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Presidential pardons, 1865-1878.

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This collection consists of thirty-one presidential pardons, dated 1865-1878, for Kentuckians convicted of federal crimes. The documents are signed by Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes. Names of those pardoned are J.H.D. McKee, Elias J. Anderson, Leander Adams, R.J. Beaumont, Joseph Bloomgart, Joseph Burke, Jacob Carver, Henry C. Chappell, Thomas Cole, J.P. Earven, Thomas Jackson, John R. Gorley, John G. Kusterer, James H. Kellogg, William Lacy, William Leger, Thomas W. Lendrum, Charles McGarrigle, John B. Martin, W.J. New, James Settle, John Overton, John Rhodes, John Stuart, Thomas Vickers, John Rivers, William Roman, M. Walter Scott, W.F. Smoot, Simon Margolyes, David Cox, William E. Stout, Oscar Van Stein, William Williams, and George Williams.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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