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This certificate grants Robert B. Nay a full and unconditional pardon from prison at New Orleans in the Eastern District Louisiana. The certificate is signed by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and William H. Seward, Secretary of State. Nay was convicted of defrauding the government of the United States and was sentenced to confinement and labor for a period of twenty years. Generals Prentiss and Butler spoke on his behalf stating that Nay's offences were not the result of deliberate purposes of fraud but rather of impulse and the force of surrounding circumstances, which resulted in his pardon.
Creator: United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
Date: January 14, 1863
Item Number: 210078
Call Number: Misc. Coll. Lincoln, Abraham
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210078
Collections - Manuscript - Miscellaneous
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Lincoln, Abraham
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate
People - Notable People - Lincoln, Abraham
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Certificates
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