[Presidential pardon and authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Lawson Eastham, charged with treason]. | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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GLC#: GLC06408
Type: Documents
Date: 7 August 1865
Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Title: [Presidential pardon and authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Lawson Eastham, charged with treason].
Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination: 2 p. : docket : Height: 43.8 cm, Width: 27.3 cm

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Andrew Johnson granted Lawson a full parson and amnesty for all the offences he comitted. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 [Presidential pardon and authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Lawson Eastham, charged with treason].