Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877) Acknowledging receipt of presidential pardon [for Nathan B. Forrest].
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04977.03 Author/Creator: Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 6 August 1868 Pagination: 1 p. 25.6 x 20 cm Order a Copy
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Department of State.
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
I Certify, That the document hereunto annexed is a true copy of the original on file at this Department.
In Testimony Whereof, I William H. Seward Secretary of State of the
United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the
Seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this Tenth day of August A.D.
18668 [sic], and of the Independence of the United States of
America the [struck: Ninetieth.] Ninety-third.
[SEAL] William H. Seward
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