Annotation
[1] AES, DNA RG 204, U.S. Pardon Attorney, A 457. Below Lincoln's endorsement Postmaster General Blair endorsed on January 20, ``I concur in the propriety of pardoning Downey.'' The endorsements are written on a letter from
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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- Title
- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
- Author
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln6. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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Page 63
Lawrence Weldon with concurring endorsements by Judge Samuel H. Treat, Stephen A. Corneau and David L. Phillips, January 13, 1863, asking a pardon for James M. Downey, convicted of robbing the mails. See Lincoln to Bates, January 20, infra. Downey has not been further identified.