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- GLC#
- GLC07318
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- December 15, 1911
- Author/Creator
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
- Title
- [Presidential pardon of Charles L. King, convicted of Army desertion on 23 April 1908 and sentenced to two and one half years at Fort Leavenworth]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : (2 items total) Height: 40.3 cm, Width: 36.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- The Politics of Reform
Sentence published in General Orders, No. 65, Department of the East, 30 April 1908. Secretary of War recommended pardon, which was granted by William H. Taft. Partially handwritten. With James Finch (signed), pardon attorney, warrant for pardon. Countersigned by George W. Wickersham, Attorney General.
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