Hugh L. Dennard pardon and loyalty oath, 1865-1867.
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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...
Dennard, Hugh L.
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Andrew Johnson became president shortly after Lincoln's assassination. He intended on following through with Reconstruction with the same lenient policies that Lincoln had established prior to his death. It was originally intended by Lincoln that all willing to take an oath of allegiance would be pardoned. President Johnson held to this, but required that all men of wealth and leadership apply for a special Personal Pardon from the President, himself. On 29 May, 1865, Johnson issued a General Am...
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...
