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.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Edward Bates1Jump to section

June 1, 1863

As the Judge, Jury, Marshal, District Attorney & Post-Master General, join in asking a pardon in this case, I have concluded to grant it. The Attorney General will please make it out & send it to me. A. LINCOLN

June 1. 1863.

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[1] AES, DNA RG 204, U.S. Pardon Attorney, A 474. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a petition for pardon of Jacob Varner of West Virginia, sentenced to three years' imprisonment for robbing the mails. The petition, signed by the jurors in Varner's case, sets forth that Varner was ``an ignorant man . . . the victim of designing politicians who deluded such as himself into the belief of the priority of State allegiance to that of the Government of the Country.''

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