Endorsement: Buckner S. Morris to John Wood
Concerning Pardon of Patrick Cunningham1Jump to section
[August 8, 1860]
I think it is almost always safe to pardon a convict, when, as in this case, the Judge before whom he was convicted, recommends it.
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] AES, I-Ar. Judge Buckner S. Morris, who had presided over the Lake County Circuit Court which convicted one Patrick Cunningham of manslaughter, gave Mary Cunningham, a sister, a letter dated August 7, recommending pardon. An endorsement on the verso indicates that Mary Cunningham brought the letter to Springfield, in person on August 8, at which time she probably secured Lincoln's endorsement also.