Pardons
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Holliday Civil War Parole Document
Item
Identifier: MS-0233
Scope and Contents
One parole document releasing Confederate soldier Benjamin Holliday from Point Lookout (MD) prison. On reverse is oath of allegiance to the United States signed by Holliday.
John Borders papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0369
Scope and Contents
Four post-Civil War documents, 1866, granting a presidential pardon to former Confederate soldier John Borders of Calhoun, Co., Alabama. The certificates bear names of Secretary of State William Seward, and President Andrew Johnson.
Lawrence Royster Civil War Parole Document
Item
Identifier: MS-0069
Scope and Contents
Civil War parole document granted to Lawrence Royster after surrender of the Confederacy, dated May 16, 1865, Charlottesville, Virginia. The document gives him "permission to go to his home in Richmond, Virginia".
